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PART B: PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

14 CAPITAL INVESTMENTS

The Department’s movable capital assets consist mainly of office Maintenance
furniture and equipment, vehicles, ICT infrastructure and equipment,
and kitchen appliances. The information technology assets that are procured usually carry
a vendor warranty ranging from 1 to 3 years. Once the warranties
The Department received financial assistance from the German expire, the Department may enter into a maintenance agreement
Development Bank (KfW) to build seventeen (17) Community Care with the relevant vendors depending on the kind of asset and its
Centres (CCCs), six (6) in Kwa-Zulu Natal, six (6) in North West, and use.
five (5) in Limpopo province to expand the provision of a quality
comprehensive package of social services and skills development
programmes in rural communities. Details as to how asset holdings have changed over the period
under review, including information on disposals, scrapping, and
The construction of three (3) CCCs in the North West province were loss due to theft.
completed during the 2021/222 financial year, bringing the total • The disposal Committee held meetings on 18 August 2021
number of completed CCCs to fourteen (14), which includes six (6) and 14 December 2021 to dispose of assets.
in KwaZulu-Natal, two (2) in Limpopo, and six (6) in the North West
province at a total cost of R 96 905 988,38. • The total number of 984 assets has been disposed to the
value of R 20 362 134.79.
A new service provider will be appointed in the 2022/23 financial
year to complete the three (3) remaining CCCs in Limpopo. Measures taken to ensure that the department’s asset register
remained up to date during the period under review.
Asset Management • All new assets received are barcoded and issued to the right
owner. Asset verification is done yearly.
The Department adheres to the Asset Management Framework
issued by the National Treasury. The Department’s asset register The current state of the department’s capital assets, for example,
complies with the minimum information required in terms of the what percentage is in good, fair, or bad condition.
Asset Management Framework. During the period under review,
all new assets received were barcoded and issued to the rightful • All current assets are in a fair condition and redundant
owner. Yearly verification has been conducted and the asset register assets have been disposed of.
updated.
Major maintenance projects that have been undertaken during
The Disposal Committee, appointed by the Acting Director-General the period under review.
disposed of 984 assets to the value of R 20.3m during the period • The Department has no maintenance plan, and all new
under review. laptops come with a 3-year warranty from the manufacturer.

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