DID ANNUAL REPORT 2023_24

Annual Report 2023-2024

• Follow up audit on Occupational Health and Safety • Government Immovable Asset Management • Infrastructure Delivery: Construction- Health (Includes District Offices) • Supply Chain Management • Business Continuity Management • Follow-up on AG Significant Findings • Infrastructure Projects Delivery: Maintenance- Health (Includes District Offices) • Corporate Governance • Review of Annual Performance Report

• Audit of the performance of the department against predetermined objectives Q1 • Audit of the performance of the department against predetermined objectives Q2 • Follow-up audit on management of under-utilised immovable properties (dilapidated, abandoned, and neglected buildings) • SAP ESS & PERSAL leave reconciliation • Data Analysis – ETHICS / FIN / HR (1 Jan 2023 – 30 June 2023) Risk Management The Audit Committee is accountable for monitoring the department’s risk management operations. Our oversight extends to the review of the reports presented by the Risk Management Committee, which directly reports to us on how risks are managed within the department. After a thorough examination of the risk register and subsequent reports, we acknowledge and commend progress made towards a higher level of maturity in risk management processes. To effectively manage the significant risk exposures faced by the Department, however, it is imperative that some processes and regulations be modified. The management team must ensure that the department’s strategic register is completed as early in the year as the Annual Performance Plan is developed. This ensures that risk mitigation strategies exist and can be implemented efficiently. Management is responsible for fully owning and directing the Enterprise Risk Management Process. This includes providing unwavering assistance to the Chief Risk Officer in an effort to improve the Department’s risk management performance. As the Audit Committee, we anticipate and look forward to seeing the department’s risk management efforts continue to develop and mature. Performance Management The Audit Committee’s review of the effectiveness and functionality of the performance management system (including an analysis of management-prepared quarterly performance reports and related internal audit reports) revealed the need to strengthen the current performance management and reporting system. The Audit Committee reviewed the quality, accuracy, usefulness, reliability, and appropriateness of quarterly and annual financial reports, and is satisfied with the content and quality of financial and non-financial quarterly reports prepared and submitted by the Accounting Officer during the year under review and confirms that the reports were in compliance with the statutory reporting framework. The Audit Committee would like to commend the department for reporting monthly and quarterly to Treasury in compliance with the PFMA. The Audit Committee recommends that the department • Project governance review • 2024-25 IT risk assessment The quality of quarterly reports submitted in terms of the PFMA and the Division of Revenue Act

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