by TINTSWALO BALOYI
JOHANNESBURG, (CAJ News) – THE South Africa Tourism board has tasked management to put in place systems to improve the organisation’s internal control environment.
This follows a qualified audit in the latest Auditor General’s report.
Advocate Mojankunyane Gumbi, the interim SA Tourism Chairperson, acknowledged some shortfalls in performance during the year, in particular those highlighted in the AG’s report.
“SA Tourism has for the first time in over 17 years received a qualified audit outcome due to limitation of scope on expenditure and receivables from non-exchange transactions,” Gumbi said.
On a positive note, earlier this week SA Tourism presented its 2020/21 performance report to the Portfolio Committee on Tourism, when it disclosed achieving 82 percent of the targets set out in its Annual Performance Plan.
This achievement is despite massive budget cuts due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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