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REPORT OF THE AUDITOR-GENERALREPORT OF THE AUDITOR-GENERAL TO PARLIAMENT ON THE GROUP FINANCIALSTATEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE INFORMATION OF THE COUNCIL FOR MINERALTECHNOLOGY (MINTEK) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2007.REPORT ON THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTSIntroductionand other explanatory notes, as set out on pages 62 to 84.statements in accordance with SA GAAP and in the manner required by the Public Finance ManagementAct, 1999 (Act No. 1 of 1999) (PFMA) [Auditor-General Audit Circular 1 of 2005 and the Companies Act ofSouth Africa] Mineral Technology Act, 1989 (Act No.30 of 1989). This responsibility includes:• designing, implementing and maintaining internal control relevant to the preparation and fairerror ;• selecting and applying appropriate accounting policies; and,• making accounting estimates that are reasonable in the circumstances.Responsibility of the Auditor-GeneralAs required by section 188 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 read withsection 4 of the Public Audit Act, 2004 (Act No. 25 of 2004) and section 12(2) of the MineralTechnology Act, 1989 (Act No.30 of 1989), my responsibility is to express an opinion on theseI conducted my audit in accordance with the International Standards on Auditing and GeneralNotice 645,647 and 648 of 2007, issued in Government Gazette No. 29919 of May 2007 onPFMA or unlisted entities as applicable and General Notice 646 of 2007, issued in GovernmentGazette No. 29919 of May 2007 on auditing of performance information. Those standardsrequire that I comply with ethical requirements and plan and perform the audit to obtainAn audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts andstatements, whether due to fraud or error. In making those risk assessments, the auditorstatements in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but notfor the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the entity’s internal control.An audit also includes evaluating the:• appropriateness of accounting policies used;• reasonableness of accounting estimates made by management; and,59annual report 2007