Roadmap to clean Audit session post Audit Action Plan: 2020/21 AGSA Audit out comes – SAPS Crime Report: 2021-09-14 09:24:16

South African Police Service

Office of the Provincial Commissioner Limpopo

BELA-BELA – This morning was filled with high excitement and expectations as the tranquillity of the Klein Kariba lodge was sipping through the air waves when the SAPS National management descended to meet the Provincial management, Auditor General South Africa (AGSA) and other stakeholders to pave a clear way for clean audit within the SAPS as a department.

The session was opened through scripture reading and prayer by Chaplain Rev Mahlangu. In his preaching, he narrated about the Eagle which revamps its life after fourth year of its life and starts on a new slate. We should not conform to the life standards but transform it by renewing our way of thinking.

The Provincial Commissioner of the South African Police Service in Limpopo Lieutenant General Thembi Hadebe welcomed the audience and encouraged the attendees to participate actively to ensure that at the end of this session, a clean audit is achieved. As a collective, we can remove all obstacles that bring impediment for clean audit. She invited all participants to use the space of the lowered COVID-19 restrictions to be free and explore the Limpopo province as it has many tourist destinations to boost our economy. The Limpopo province was hailed by every presenter as the best as it got a clean audit. Files are available, invoices are neatly packed. A big round of applause was given to the Provincial Commissioner.

Lieutenant General Zulu, read the code of conduct to remind the officers about the oath they have taken, everyone was quiet and on attention.

The purpose of the day was eloquently outlined by Lieutenant General Dimpane. In her address, she took the audience down memory lane on the roadmap which the SAPS has travelled to reach a clean audit. She also called on the attendees to share ideas to realize this dream of a clean audit.

The Auditor General, Mr Cameron and his colleague Mrs Thipe, shared the stage and highlighted the pitfalls in which the state found itself on the irregular processes, for e.g, procurement processes. The role of the component (AGSA) is to find out any irregularities, analyse and follow them up them up until the end.

Mrs Mulaudzi explained further that the SAPS got unqualified audit during the 2020/2021 financial year but the latest audit conducted, found that the Department now has a qualified audit and the contributing factors were attributed to management errors or non-compliance with the regulations.

To get clean audit, the following items should be put in place:-

* Follow up on consequences management.

* Analyse the AG’s findings.

* All provinces should comply to reach clean Audits.

* Interim audit will be conducted to enable the SAPS to reach a clean Audit.

* If any irregularities are picked up, the turnaround strategy is seven months.

On behalf of the National Commissioner of the South African Police Service, the Deputy National Commissioner, Lieutenant General Vuma rendered the keynote address. She touched on the pertinent and mind intriguing issues that made the Department to struggle for more than ten years to get clean audit. Things like making entries in the pocket books. All little things put together and going back to basics will contribute towards a clean audit. She reiterated the Chaplain’s scripture that we have to transform than to conform to the standards. If you want different results, then you have to do things differently. We had challenges of not attending adequately to the findings of the Auditor General and relegated the responsibility to the junior members. “think rich, you will enrich every person in this organization which is important regardless of the level. We are part of the problem and we are all part of the solution, concluded General Vuma.

All presenters shared the same sentiments and the session ended up in breaking into groups to work on the document that will be presented to the National Commissioner for approval.

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