North West MEC for Social Development, Basetsana Sussana Dantjie, decried non-compliance of non-profit organisations (NPOs) with legislation as a major cause of her department’s inability to achieve a clean audit.
Dantjie was addressing more than 200 delegates from various NPOs who filled Madibeng’s White Hall to capacity for a day long roadshow, dubbed ‘Re thuse re go thuse’.
Re thuse re go thuse’ is MEC Dantjie’s flagship programme that underscores her commitment to fostering a robust and effective NPO sector that is capable of delivering essential services to communities across the province in partnership with sister departments and state owned entities.
“We account to oversight bodies on how we spend the budget that is allocated to us. A large percentage of the departmental budget goes to the NPOs to enable them to work in partnership with the department in delivering services to our people. If we keep on providing funding to NPOs that are not fully compliant with legislation, we will always attract a finding from the Auditor General SA,”
Dantjie said, adding that NPOs must refrain from using unspent monies without the approval of her department.
NPOs, Dantjie said should explore other possible means of generating income without depending solely on her departmental annual funding.
The National Lottery Commission, the South African Revenue Services, the Provincial Treasury, the National Development Agency, the Department of Home Affairs and national Department of Social Development are part of the stakeholders that participate in Dantjie’s Re thuse re go thuse roadshow.
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Issued by North West Department of Social Development
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