The majority of the fruitless and wasteful expenditure was caused by payment of invoices for services not rendered.
AUDITOR-General Tsakani Maluleke has found that the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development (DALRRD) failed to take to task officials responsible for fruitless and wasteful expenditure totalling more than R30 million in the 2022/23 financial year.
Maluleke said effective steps were not taken to prevent the fruitless and wasteful expenditure.
“The majority of the fruitless and wasteful expenditure was caused by payment of invoices for services not rendered.
“Disciplinary steps were not taken against officials who had incurred and/or permitted irregular expenditure as required,” Maluleke reported in her findings.
According to the auditor-general, the department’s management did not implement adequate oversight controls to ensure the action plans to address prior years findings were monitored and addressed to facilitate reliable reporting.
“Management did not implement effective monitoring of compliance with applicable…
