LIMPOPO GAMBLING BOARD A/REPORT 2022/23

5.5 Reporting on the Institutional Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic

The Entity complied to COVID 19 regulations has up to April 2022 when the State of Disaster was uplifted. The following internal interventions were implemented before the State of Disaster was uplifted: a) The Entity appointed a Compliance Officer. b) All OHS Committee members were trained as screening officers to assist when needed. c) Cleaning was done daily according to Regulations. Each employee was responsible for sanitizing their own workstation every two hours. d) PPEs were procured for all staff. e) Temperature screening was done by the security officials on every entry to the premises. Full screening was done on the first entry of the week by screening officers. f) No visitors were allowed on the premises. All officials and service providers entering the premises were required to wear a mask and the security officials sanitized the staff’s hands on entrance. A register was kept with all required information on persons entering the premises. g) The Entity had a staff strength of fifty-nine (59) permanent employees and one (1) intern. h) The Implementation plan was in place. i) Officials with co-morbidities and who were above 60 years continued to work on a rotational basis and they were reportedly in good health.

The Entity slowly returned to normal operations after the State of Disaster was lifted in April 2022.

External Intervention:

j) Licensees were encouraged to comply with the Disaster Management Regulations for COVID-19 at the different Alert Levels declared during the financial year. Limited monitoring of compliance with the Regulations was conducted and the Licensees were generally compliant.

5.6 Progress on Institutional Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic

Budget Programme Not Applicable to Limpopo Gambling Board Intervention Geographic location (Province/ District/local municipality) (Where Possible)

No. of beneficiaries (Where Possible)

Disaggregation of

Beneficiaries (Where Possible)

Total budget allocation

per intervention (R’000)

Budget spent per intervention

Contribution to the

Outputs in the APP (where applicable)

Immediate outcomes

LIMPOPO GAMBLING BOARD

74