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PART A: GENERAL INFORMATION

6 STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR AND CONFIRMATION
OF ACCURACY OF THE ANNUAL REPORT

To the best of my knowledge and belief, I confirm the following:

All information and amounts disclosed in the annual report are consistent with the annual financial statements audited by the
Auditor General South Africa.
The annual report is complete, accurate and free from any omissions.

The annual report has been prepared in accordance with the guidelines on the annual report as issued by National Treasury.
The Annual Financial Statements (Part E) have been prepared in accordance with the modified cash standard and the relevant
frameworks and guidelines issued by the National Treasury.

The Accounting Officer is responsible for the preparation of the annual financial statements and the judgements made on this
information.

The Accounting Officer is responsible for establishing and implementing a system of internal control that has been designed to
provide reasonable assurance as to the integrity and reliability of the performance information, the human resources information
and the annual financial statements.

The external auditors are engaged to express an independent opinion on the annual financial statements.
In my opinion, the annual report fairly reflects the operations, the performance information, the human resources information and
the financial affairs of the Department for the financial year ended 31 March 2022.

Yours faithfully

__________________________
Linton Mchunu
Acting Director-General
31 May 2022

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