Tenth Report of the
Committee on Public Accounts on the unauthorised expenditure of the Presidency, dated 24 August 2011.
The Committee on Public Accounts (the
Committee) considered and heard evidence on the unauthorised expenditure of the
Presidency in relation to the 2008/09 financial year, and reports as follows:
1. Background
The Committee notes that unauthorised expenditure totaling
R14, 511 000 incurred during the 2008/09 financial year relating to a number of
items. The Committee notes that the Presidency was allocated additional funding
of R10, 351 000 in the 2008 Adjustment Estimates. Furthermore the Presidency
received a roll-over allocation of R7, 471 000 from the 2007/08 financial year.
The Committee recommends that the amount of R14, 511 000 of unauthorised
expenditure relating to the 2007/2008 financial year be approved without
additional funding. The unauthorised expenditure is to be funded from the Presidency’s
budget.
Report to be considered.