NRF Annual Report 2018

PART C: REGULATORY REPORTING
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KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATOR REPORT
13.1 Statement of Responsibility for Performance Information for The Year Ended 31 March 2018
The Chief Executive Officer is responsible for the preparation of the public entity’s performance information and for the
judgments made in this information.
The Chief Executive Officer is responsible for establishing and implementing a system of internal control designed to
provide reasonable assurance as to the integrity and reliability of performance information.
In my opinion, the performance information fairly reflects the actual achievements against planned objectives, indicators
and targets as per the strategic and annual performance plans of the public entity for the financial year ended 31 March
2018.
The NRF performance information for the year ended 31 March 2018 has been examined by the external auditors and
their report is presented on page 155
The performance information of the entity set out on page 145 to 148 were approved by the NRF Board.
Dr Molapo Qhobela
Chief Executive Office
National Research Foundation
July 2018
13.2 Auditor’s Report: Predetermined Objectives
The Auditor-General of South Africa/auditor currently performs the necessary audit procedures on the performance
information to provide reasonable assurance in the form of an audit conclusion. The audit conclusion on the performance
against predetermined objectives is included in the report to management, with material findings being reported under
‘Predetermined objectives’ heading in the report on ‘Other legal and regulatory requirements’ section of the auditor’s
report.
Refer to page 155 for the auditor’s report, published as Part D: Financial Information
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