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REPORT ON OTHER LEGAL AND REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS
8. In accordance with the PAA and in terms of General Notice 1111 of 2010, issued in
Government Gazette 33872 of 15 December 2010, I include below my findings on the
annual performance report as set out on pages 61 to 65 and material non-compliance with
laws and regulations applicable to the public entity.
Predetermined objectives
Usefulness of information
9. The reported performance information was deficient in respect of the following criteria:
• Measurability: The indicators are not well defined.
10. The following audit findings relate to the above criteria:
• For the reported objectives, 33% of the planned indicators were not clear, as
unambiguous data definitions were not available to allow for data to be collected
consistently.
Compliance with laws and regulations
Procurement and contract management
11. Awards were made to bidders who did not submit a SBD 4 declaring whether the bidder or
any person connect with the bidder is employed by the state or if the bidder is a legal person,
whether the bidder has a relationship with persons/ a person involved in the evaluation and/
or adjudication of the bids as per the requirements of Practice Note 7 of 2009/10.
INTERNAL CONTROL
12. In accordance with the PAA and in terms of General Notice 1111 of 2010, issued in
Government Gazette 33872 of 15 December 2010, I considered internal control relevant to
my audit, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of internal
control. The matters reported below are limited to the significant deficiencies that resulted
in the findings on the annual performance report and the findings on compliance with laws
and regulations included in this report.
Leadership
13. The accounting authority did not exercise effective oversight in ensuring that the planning
and monitoring of performance information were aligned to National Treasury’s Framework
for Managing Programme Performance Information. Furthermore the National Consumer
Tribunal did not have sufficient monitoring controls to ensure compliance with Supply Chain
Management legislation.
Pretoria
30 July 2011
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