ANNUAL REPORT TABLED
Makwetu and Gigaba at odds over performance targets
Auditor-general Kimi Makwetu takes issue with the Department of Home Affairs’ performance targets and its classification of revenue streams
Auditor-general Kimi Makwetu and Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba have locked horns over performance targets in the department’s 2015-16 annual report. Makwetu has taken issue with the Department of Home Affairs’ performance targets and its classification of revenue streams. Gigaba’s department has finally tabled its annual report, delayed by a wrangle between the department and the office of the auditor-general. The audit opinion about the department has improved from a disclaimer in 2014-15 to a qualified audit opinion in 2015-2016. Home affairs incurred R16m in irregular expenditure in 2015-16, which Makwetu blamed on contraventions of key legislation, and goods and services procured outside of prescribed government processes. Naveen Mooloo, an official from the office of the auditor-general, told the portfolio committee on home affairs on Tuesday that, for 20% of the department’s immigration affairs programme, the reported achievements against planned targets were unreliable....
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