Department of Defence Annual Report 2008-2009

| Department of Defence | Vote 19 |
NOTES TO THE ANNUAL FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
for the year ended 31 March 2009 (continued)
5. Financial transactions in assets and
liabilities
Note 2008/09
R’000
2007/08
R’000
Other material losses written off 5.1 38 912 26 760
Debts written off 5.2 32 393 2 431
Forex losses 5.3 3 701 3 038
Total 75 006 32 229
5.1 Other material losses written off
| Financial Performance |
Nature of losses
Settlement (dispute on tender
process)
12 712 15 000
Legal fees State Attorney 448 6 618
Motor vehicle losses 1 776 1 902
Other claims against the state 13 587 1 806
Legal opinions 37 1 194
Legal fees 9 688 101
Interest claims 595 80
Fruitless and wasteful expenditure 45 45
Spectacle losses 24 14
38 912 26 760
5.2 Debts written off
Nature of debts written off
Collection of debt uneconomical (10 cases) - 576
Salary related 811 609
Operations 31 500 946
State guarantees 42 80
Estates 40 187
Suppliers overpaid - 29
Treatment of private patients - 4
Total 32 393 2 431
Annual Report FY 2008 - 2009 304