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ANNUAL OPERATIONAL PLAN 2022/2023




       Outcome     Output     Activities  Risk Descrip-  Root causes   Consequenc-  IR     Existing con-  RI    Risk     Action Plans    Action   Action   Action
                                          tion                         es                  trols                Owner                    Start    Owner    Due Date
                                                                                                                                         Date
       Functional,   Develop-  Consultation  As a result of   Delays in   Late finali-  High   Regular en-  Medi-  Mr. A   -  Planned audit   Dec   Mr. A   April
       efficient and  ment of a   sessions   the late final-  finalisation   sation and    gagements with  um   Mudau     projects for the   2022 –   Mudau  2023
       integrated   three (3)   with Branch   isation of the   and approval   approval of   the Risk Man-                 other years ad-  31 Mar
       sector      year rolling  Heads, Risk   Department’s   of the DSD Risk  the three (3)   agement Unit,              equately cover   2023
                   strategic   Management  Risk Assess-  Assessment    year strategic      the Accounting                 and/or address
                   Internal   Unit and Au-  ment Report,   Report      internal audit      Officer and                    the Depart-
                   Audit Plan   dit Commit-  there is a                and coverage        EXCO on the                    ment’s key risk
                   and Annual  tee on the   possibility that           plan                consequences                   areas;
                   Operational  development  the Internal                                  of the delayed
                   Plan       of a three (3)  Audit Strategic                              risk assessment
                              year rolling   Plan may be                                   process.
                              strategic   inadequate and
                              Internal    will  not cover
                              Audit Plan   the key areas of
                              and Annual   risk for the De-
                              Operational   partment and/
                              Plan        or inadequate
                                          DSD risk iden-
                                          tification which
                                          may misguide/
                                          misinform the
                                          annual internal
                                          audit coverage
                                          plan.
       Functional,   Automa-  Appointment  Non-compli-   Non-perfor-   Non-compli-  High   -  Revision of   Medi-  Mr. A   -  Development of  April   Mr. A   March
       efficient and  tion of the   of the Ser-  ance with the   mance of the   ance with the   the Internal   um   Mudau  the Internal Au-  2022 –   Mudau  2023
       integrated   Internal   vice provider  IIA Standards   external quality  Internal Audit   Audit Meth-              dit templates.  March
       sector      Audit (IA)   who will   may compro-   assurance re-  Standards           odology to be                -  Procurement of   2023
                   processes  automate    mise the quali-  view/assess-  (IIA) Stan-        in line with                  the automated
                              the audit   ty of IA work  ment of the   dards and            the latest                    audit software
                              process                    internal audit   subsequently      Internal Audit               -  Training of staff
                              according to               function      non-com-             Standards                     in the utilisation
                              DSD Internal                             pliance with         (IIA).                        of the procured
                              Audit’s re-                              National            -  Training of                 audit software
                              quirements                               Treasury             staff to fully               -  Implementation
                              and train                                regulation re-       implement                     of the newly
                              the Internal                             quirements           the internal                  developed IA
                              Audit staff                                                   audit meth-                   methodology
                              on the use of                                                 odology                       (manually).
                              the procured                                                  including
                              audit soft-                                                   on the job
                              ware                                                          training.










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