Mpumalanga Department of Finance has recorded the second successive clean audit outcome for the financial year ended 31 March 2011.
MEC for Finance, Mrs Pinky Phosa tabled the annual report of the department in the Provincial Legislature on Friday, 21 October 2011.
The annual report provides a management account on performance of the department in relation to the predetermined objectives, internal controls and compliance with the laws and regulations for the 2010/ 11 financial year.
The report also note positive variances in some outputs, with very few that represents an underachievement due to the effects of the public sector strike and other challenges that were outside the control of the department.
Some of the key achievements during the year include:
- Producing and delivering a budget that gives practical expression of the will of the people of Mpumalanga
- Improving expenditure track record from 92 % in 2009/10 to 95% of the allocated budget for the 2010/11 financial year
- Extending the medium term expenditure engagement to the public entities and municipalities with a view to provide support required for implementation of the Project Clean Audit
- 27 officials from provincial and local government spheres successfully completed a certificate programme on supply chain management; and 25 more were enrolled on the same programme so that we can realise the required efficiency at the centre of the value chain of delivery
- Hosting the inaugural symposium on internal audit and risk management practitioners
- Pioneering research on public expenditure in rural areas, a study that gave rise to the much improved planning and allocation of public resources for effective service delivery
- Establishing a Provincial Internal Audit Forum which is aimed to harmonise processes and help the government to attain the highest standard of delivery and accountability for results
- Hosting of Public Private Partnership seminar during which the stakeholders shared best practices in order to assist in accelerating service delivery with specific focus on infrastructure for health in the province.
MEC Phosa said the performance report and resultant audit outcome for the department emphasise the rightness of the “chosen path of ensuring efficient and effective revenue generation, public expenditure and management of assets in a way that demonstrate the maturity of our governance system.
Last month the department was announced as the worthy recipient of the provincial award for the 2011 South Africa Institute of Government Auditors (SAIGA).
The SAIGA awards recognise excellence in performance and financial reporting and accounting in the public sector.
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