Economic Development Annual Report

Annual Report 2023/2024 Mpumalanga: Department of Economic Development and Tourism - Vote 6

Details of irregular expenditure (under assessment, determination, and investigation)

Description2

2023/2024

2022/2023

R’000 2,932

R’000

Irregular expenditure under assessment Irregular expenditure under determination Irregular expenditure under investigation

112

- -

75

Total

2,932

187

Approval of participation agreement letter was granted by Dardlea after the services were rendered to the department (Dedt) Details of irregular expenditure condoned

Description

2023/2024

2022/2023

R’000

R’000

Irregular expenditure condoned

- -

- -

Total

A request for condonation of an amount of R32,313,946 was submitted to the Provincial Treasury on 28 March 2024. Details of irregular expenditure removed- (not condoned)

Description

2023/2024

2022/2023

R’000 79,867 79,867

R’000

Irregular expenditure NOT condoned and removed

- -

Total

The Provincial Treasury provided the following reason for not condoning amounts as submitted: There is no evidence that the accounting officer had complied with section 38(1)(a)(i) of the PFMA in maintaining effective, efficient and transparent systems of internal control The Loss Control Committee assessed the balances as presented, and found that in each instance the institution did not suffer any loss related to the payments which were made, that the standard operating procedures had been adjusted in such a way as to prevent all future similar incidences, and that no similar transgressions had occurred since the adjustments to the standard operating procedures. The following amounts were removed from the register; R427 313 PMDS beyond the prescribed budget

R77 410 335 Extension of contracts without requesting approval from the relevant Treasury R1 999 791 Contracts awarded to bidders whose bids were received after the closing date

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