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PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

AUDITOR’S REPORT: PREDETERMINED OBJECTIVES

Performance planning, 4. The above-mentioned indicators were selected
management and reporting to be audited as the programme is part of the
SAMRC's mandate of improving the health and
Overall performance planning quality of life of the South Africans and therefore
and management is of importance to the public
1. The Auditor General South Africa (AGSA) tested 5. AGSA evaluated the reported performance
whether the public entity’s performance planning information for the selected material performance
and management processes, strategic plan and indicators against the criteria development from
annual performance plan (APP) complied with the the performance management and reporting
key requirements from legislation and the revised framework. When an annual performance report
framework for strategic and annual performance is prepared using these criteria, it provides useful
plans. They did not identify any findings. and reliable information and insights to users of
the report on the public entity’s planning and
Audit of the annual delivery on its mandate and objectives.

performance report
2. The annual performance plan and report were Audit results
submitted to AGSA for auditing on 31 May 2024. 6. AGSA did not identify findings:
3. AGSA undertook a findings engagement on a) on the completeness of the indicators used
specific indicators and the following indicators for planning and reporting on performance.
were selected for auditing: b) on the overall presentation of performance
a) Number of accepted and published journal information in the annual performance
articles, book chapters and books by the report.
SAMRC affiliated and/or funded authors c) misstatements in the reported performance

b) Number of accepted and published journal information in the annual performance report
articles by SAMRC grant-holders with submitted for auditing.
acknowledgement of the SAMRC Refer to page 217 for the report on the annual
c) Number of accepted and published journal performance.
articles where the first and/or last author is
affiliated to the SAMRC

d) Number of research grants awarded by the
SAMRC

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