Department of Infrastructure Development Annual Report 2021-2022

ANNUAL REPORT 2021 | 2022

Irregular expenditure

2021/22

Descriptions

R’000

Opening balance

1 679 451

Irregular expenditure Register – prior year

-

Irregular expenditure Register – current year

339 600

Closing Balance

2 019 051

The above table consists of opening balance of R1,7 billion and current year movement of R340 million. Included in the current year movement is leases, security, and cleaning services, of which the expenditure incurred was in contravention of supply chain management (SCM) prescripts. The Department has since rectified the irregular expenditure through tender advert for cleaning and security services with the aim of appointing a service provider. This process will eliminate future irregular expenditure. The Department has concluded the investigation process for the irregular expenditure and referred the outcome to Provincial Treasury for condonement. Public-Private Partnerships The Department has undertaken a process to explore different funding options to fund the implementation of the Kopanong Precinct and Public-Private Partnership (PPP) as a preferred funding option for the project. This PPP project, which was introduced in the previous financial years, aims to create a precinct that will provide office accommodation through the consolidation of the head offices and administrative functions of all GPG departments within the Johannesburg Central Business District. Treasury has since approved the feasibility report and Treasury Approval IIA relating to designing and preparing bids documents. The evaluation process in conjunction with the Gauteng Infrastructure Financing Agency (GIFA) has been concluded. The bid evaluation report was presented to the appointed Kopanong Precinct Bid Adjudication Committee.

Discontinued key activities/activities to be discontinued

There are no discontinued activities related to the Department’s functions.

New or Proposed activities To this effect, the Department has developed an Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Strategy that will enable information gathering and sharing across the organisation transforming the DID into a fully digital environment. The ICT Strategy contains information system architecture and a plan of the most important ICT development activities that need to be carried to enable the Department to achieve its outcomes and impact. The Department aims to accelerate the implementation of the ICT Strategy and will be focusing on the implementation and monitoring of the strategy. The ICT architecture targeted state is based on open and well-established and widely adopted protocols and security setup and will focus on:

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Extending the integration capabilities of the current architecture. Providing better customer identity protection for the DID’s customers.

• Allowing for more interoperability with internal and external systems and provide modern service oriented capabilities.

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DEPARTMENT OF INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT