THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY

QUESTION FOR WRITTEN REPLY

QUESTION NO 1899

Mr A P van der Westhuizen (DA) to ask the Minister of Trade and Industry:

(1) What were the costs of the (a) audit by the Auditor-General and (b) forensic investigation by a certain group (name furnished) regarding the procurement process for the enterprise content management tender by the Companies and Properties Registration Office (Cipro);

(2) whether reports with the findings of the (a) audit and (b) forensic investigation have been received by his department; if not, why not; if so, when;

(3) when were the invoices for the audit and the investigation settled;

(4) which entity of his department paid for the services of the (a) Auditor-General and (b) forensic investigation by the said group?NW2285E

Response:

(1)(a)-(b) Costs for audit by the Auditor-General were R697 580.00 and for the forensic investigation were R998 814.00.

(2)(a)-(b) The reports were formally presented on 20 April 2010 and 19 March 2010 respectively.

(3) Cipro invoices were settled in July 2010 (different payments made from August 2009 to July 2010) and the department of trade and industry invoice was paid on 10 May 2010, with additional amount still to be paid for additional tasks that were necessary to complete the investigation.

 (4)(a)-(b) Cipro paid for the services of the Auditor-General and the department of trade and industry paid for the forensic investigation.

Issued by Parliament, August 18 2010

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