Department of Sport, Arts and Culture FIRST QUARTER REPORT (LIBRARY CONDITIONAL GRANT) APRIL –JUNE 2009/10

1. LIBRARY CONDITIONAL GRANT SPENDING AS AT 30 JUNE 2009 (FIRST QUARTER)

Per Economic Classification The heartland of southern Africa-development is about people

BREAKDOWN OF CAPITAL EXPENDITURE

ALLOCATION TRENDS

EXPENDITURE TRENDS 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11   2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 ACTUAL PROJECTION Actual expenditure - 17,145 40,045 55,956 62,733 TOTAL

Capacity Constraints which resulted in under spending Poor quality of specifications from end users Provincial moratorium on tenders Bid committee not yet appointed Leadership gap Lack of capacity in the procurement unit Failure by service providers

STEPS TAKEN TO SPEED-UP SPENDING A meeting was held with Public Works to discuss and resolve problems pertaining to infrastructure projects. The meeting focused on price escalation and commitment of extra funding by Public Works without consent by the client department (DSAC). The department approached the IDT and requested assistance after getting unsatisfactory responses from public works. IDT agrees to assist and a service level agreement is to be concluded on reviewing costing of capital projects. The department held a meeting with Dr. Dominy from the national department of arts and culture on the 19th August 2009 and it was agreed that the National Treasury’s Technical Assistance Unit (TAU) should come and assist. The department commissioned an internal investigation task team to investigate, report and recommend on how best to deal the challenge of under expenditure. The department will ensure that the grant expenditure reaches the required norm by the end of October 2009.

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