Department of Tourism - ANNUAL REPORT 2010/11

Department of Tourism - Vote 34
Report of the Accounting Officer
for the year ended 31 March 2011
6.Organisations to whom transfer payments have been made
Organisation
Amount
R’000
Reason for Transfer
Payment
Regional Tourism Organisation of South Africa
1,930 Membership fee
United Nations World Tourism Organisation
1,335 Membership fee
Business Trust
20,000 Non profit organisation
National Business Initiative
2,200 Non profit organisation
Expanded Public Works Programme
238,281 Social responsibility Projects
Expanded Public Works Programme – Incentive
11,423 Social responsibility Projects
South African Tourism
631,685 Public entity
Tourism Business Council of South Africa
500 Non profit organisation
Federated Hospitality Association of South Africa
4,964 Non profit organisation
Bursaries
525 Social responsibility
TOTAL 912,843
7. Public private partnerships (PPP)
The department has no new or existing public private partnerships.
8. Corporate governance arrangements
In the 2010/2011 financial year the Audit Committee of the Department was fully functional, executed
its duties and responsibilities in accordance with the Public Finance Management Act (PFMA) of
1999, and the Treasury Regulations (TR). The Chairperson of the Audit Committee was Prof. H. de
Jager. The other four audit committee members were:
Member Institution Position
Mr JR Rapoo
Consultant
Mr R Rajcoomar FoodBev SETA Chief Financial Officer
Mr T Bouwer Department of Water Affairs Consultant
Ms K Rapoo South African Post Office General Manager: RM
In the 2010/2011 financial year internal
audits were performed by KPMG. The Risk
Management Strategy was developed and
the Fraud Prevention Strategy and Fraud Policy
were approved by the Accounting Officer. The
risk assessment was conducted for the period
2010/2011 and the risk management plan
was compiled and implementation thereof
was monitored by the Audit Committee on a
quarterly basis. The Audit Committee met three
times during the financial year on, 1 November
2010, 9 December 2010 and 24 March 2011.
Over and above these three meetings there was
one combined meeting with the Department of
Environmental Affairs.
9. Discontinued activities/activities to be
discontinued
The Tourism Enterprise Programme (TEP) previously
funded through the Business Trust will no longer
exist and the funding will be transferred to the
newly established “Strategic Partners in Tourism”
a section 21 company for the 2011/12 financial
year.
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