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101 TUESDAY, 7 OCTOBER 2008
102
The MINISTER OF SOCIAL DEVELOP-
MENT:
This question has been circulated within
DSD for a reply, as well as to its reporting
entities.
Department of Social Development
(DSD)
(1) (a) Yes, DSD has kept and maintained
records as required by the Public
Finance Management Act
(PFMA), Act 1 of 1999, for the
past years as well as the 2007-08
financial year.
(b) (i) No losses during 2007-08 financial
year were reported due
to incidents of a criminal nature.
(ii) No losses during 2007-08 financial
year were reported
due to incidents of unauthorised
expenditure.
(iii) Yes, there were cases of alleged
irregular expenditure
reported during 2007-08
(2) (a)
financial year that are currently
still under investigation
(refer to Table C under
(3) below).
(iv) Yes, there were cases of alleged
fruitless and wasteful
expenditure reported during
the 2007-08 financial year
that are currently still under
investigation (refer to Table
D below, under (3)).
No officials were dismissed during
2007-08 financial year, as the investigation
revealed that the nature
of the offence did not warrant
dismissal and therefore other
sanctions were imposed. The department
benefited from the procurement
of such goods and
services as they were required and
planned to be procured.
(b) No officials have been suspended
during 2007-08 financial year, as
the investigation revealed that the
nature of the offence did not warrant
suspension and therefore
other sanctions were imposed. The
department benefited from the
(c)
procurement of such goods and
services as they were required and
planned to be procured.
During 2007-08 verbal warnings
were served to officials for committing
irregular expenditure prior
2006-07 financial year, the investigations
were only finalised during
2007-08 financial year (refer to
Table A below, under (3) below).
(3) Other sanctions imposed
The amounts involved in cases where
other sanctions were imposed (verbal
warnings) in relation to irregular expenditure
are as follows (refer to Table
A below):
Post designation
Table A
Nature of misconduct Amount
Involved
Deputy Director Non-compliance with
procurement processes.
R 57 000
Deputy Director Non-compliance with
procurement processes.
R 62 280
Deputy Director Non-compliance with
procurement processes.
R428 162
Other cases of irregular expenditure
committed prior 2006-07 for which
investigations are still under way are as
follows:
Table B
Nature of misconduct
(prior 2006-07)
Noncompliance with procurement
processes.
Table C
Nature of misconduct
(prior 2007-08)
Amount
Involved
R2 148 733
Amount
Involved
Noncompliance with procurement processes. R887 000