GDID ANNUAL REPORT 2024/25

2 1. INTRODUCTION The Department is committed to maintaining the highest standards of governance, which is fundamental to the management of public finances and resources. DID understands that users want assurance that the Department has good governance structures in place to utilise the state resources effectively, efficiently, and economically, which are funded by the taxpayer. 2. RISK MANAGEMENT The Department has an approved Risk Management Framework and a Risk Management Policy in place, and these were implemented during the year under review. The Risk Management Implementation plan was then developed and bi annually reported to Gauteng Treasury for review and advice on improvement of the risk maturity level of the Department. The Strategic Risk Assessment, Fraud Risk Assessments, Control Risk Self Assessments (CRSAs/Operational Risk Assessments) and Project Risk Assessments were conducted during the year under review. Monthly and quarterly reports were presented during management meetings and quarterly oversight meetings. In promoting good governance, the Risk Management Operational Committee has been active and has met in each of the four quarters. The Committee provides oversight for governance assurance to the Department and advises the Accounting Officer as required. The Chairperson of the Risk Management Operational Committee submits quarterly reports to the Audit Committee. One of the essential functions of the risk management committee is to review and monitor the implementation of the action plans identified from the Strategic Risk Register and the Fraud Risk Register; review progress towards addressing Internal Audit and External Audit recommendations; review the litigations; non financial and financial reports. All reports that are submitted to the Audit Committee must be endorsed by the Risk Management Operational Committee and approved by the Head of Department. The Audit Committee collects all reports, provides a critical analysis and guides the Department on areas of concern. The Audit Committee also reviews the report from the Chairperson of the Risk Management Operational Committee. The Department reviews and monitors progress on implementation of action/mitigation plans regularly through various oversight structures such as the Senior Management Team, the Executive Management Team, and the Risk Management Operational Committee. The Internal Audit function provides an Audit Opinion on the effectiveness of controls implemented. The majority of Action Plans are deemed adequate. To this effect, the Department has revised the Strategic Risk Register and enhanced the Action Plans proposed to ensure the achievement of targets. Furthermore, the Department will enforce and stringently monitor the implementation of these Action Plans. 3. FRAUD AND CORRUPTION The Department has a Fraud Prevention Plan. The fraud risk assessment has been carried out for high-risk units, such as Supply Chain Management, Finance, Human Resources, EPWP, Health Maintenance and Precinct Maintenance. The Fraud Risk Register guides the implementation of mitigating actions for each specific risk in each unit. Monitoring of the implementation of mitigating actions is undertaken with specific units from the day of receipt of the Fraud Prevention Plan, which contains, among others, the Fraud Risk Register and the Fraud Response Plan. In the period under review, 88% of the mitigating actions from the Fraud Risk Register were implemented fully, while 12% were yet to be finalised. The Department’s officials are trained on an annual basis, on, among others, Fraud Prevention and Anti-Corruption, and Ethics and Integrity, including the various mechanisms in place to report actual or perceived incidents of fraud and corruption.

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