Department of Defence Annual Report 2008-2009

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Part 4: Financial Performance
REPORT OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE
for the year ended 31 March 2009
We present our report for the financial year ended 31 March 2009.
Audit Committee Members and Attendance:
The Audit Committee meetings took place on the following dates during the financial year:
6 June 2008
30 July 2008
23 September 2008
27 January 2009
The above meetings attended by the members are indicated in the table below:
Name of External Members
Number of Meetings Attended
Dr D Konar (Chairperson) 4
Mr K A Ross 4
Mr G R Witthöft 3
Ms J Kumbirai 2
Name of Internal Members
Number of Meetings Attended
Dr T Gamede 4
Lt Gen J L Jansen van Rensburg 3
Mr Witthöft’s contract expired on 30 September 2008.
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Mr Thirunassen Mudaly and Mr Seth Radebe were appointed by the Minister of Defence. These members
however, did not attend any meetings due to their security clearances not being issued to them and their
contracts not being signed yet.
Audit Committee responsibility
The Audit Committee reports that it has complied with its responsibilities arising from section 77 of the
PFMA and Treasury Regulations 3.1.9, 3.1.12 and 3.1.13(c).
Section 38 of the PFMA states the following:
(a) The accounting officer must ensure that the department has and maintains:
(i) effective, efficient and transparent systems of financial and risk management and internal control;
(ii) a system of internal audit under the control and direction of an audit committee complying with
and operating in accordance with regulations and instructions prescribed in terms of sections 76
and 77, and
(iii) an appropriate procurement and provisioning system which is fair, equitable, transparent, competitive
and cost effective.
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