QUALIFIED AUDIT
Kimi Makwetu flags Ipid’s performance measures as inadequate
The auditor-general raises concerns about the inaccurate capturing of its performance
The Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid) has been given a qualified audit opinion by Auditor-General Kimi Makwetu, who raised concerns about the inaccurate capturing of its performance. Ipid’s performance measures were inadequate and could lead to it presenting a misleading picture about how it was doing, Makwetu said in an explanatory note in the police watchdog’s audited 2016-17 financials. Ipid incurred R3.2m in fruitless and wasteful expenditure related to an irregular appointment made while executive director Robert McBride was suspended. McBride said the irregular expenditure stemmed from the irregular conclusions of investigations under former acting Ipid executive director Israel Kgamanyane, when McBride had been suspended. Makwetu said the Ipid leadership did not take effective steps to prevent R21m in irregular expenditure and R3.2m in fruitless and wasteful expenditure. It had also failed to discipline officials responsible for the financial lapses. "Leader...
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