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b) Details of fruitless and wasteful expenditure (under assessment, determination, and investigation)
2025/2026 2024/2025
DESCRIPTION 4 R’000 R’000
Fruitless and wasteful expenditure under assessment 8,111 0
Fruitless and wasteful expenditure under determination 0 0
Fruitless and wasteful expenditure under investigation 0 0
TOTAL 8,111 0

An amount R7.7 million has been spent on a Research project called South African Diabetes Prevention
Programme (SA-DPP) since 2020 financial year to 31 March 2026. SA-DPP expenditure is under assessment as
a Fruitless and Wasteful Expenditure due to fabrication of results by a Courier Service Provider who did not
carry out instructions to deliver blood samples to a Laboratory. The likelihood is that the results gained from
this project to date cannot be relied upon and thus all expenditure on it was incurred in vain.

Also, SAMRC is yet to determine if there was value for money gained in 2 consultancy services costing about
R411,000 that had been classified as an Irregular Expenditure in financial year ending 31 March 2025 and
31 March 2026.

c) Details of fruitless and wasteful expenditure recoverable
2025/2026 2024/2025
DESCRIPTION R’000 R’000
Fruitless and wasteful expenditure recoverable 0 -45
TOTAL 0 -45

d) Details of fruitless and wasteful expenditure not recoverable and written off
2025/2026 2024/2025
DESCRIPTION R’000 R’000
Fruitless and wasteful expenditure written off 0 -2
TOTAL 0 -2

e) Details of disciplinary or criminal steps taken as a result of fruitless and wasteful expenditure
There's no disciplinary or criminal steps taken for current and previous year.

Additional disclosure relating to material losses in terms of PFMA Section 55(2)(b)(i) &(iii)) 2
Details of material losses through criminal conduct

2025/2026 2024/2025
MATERIAL LOSSES THROUGH CRIMINAL CONDUCT R’000 R’000
Theft – –
Other material losses – –
Less: Recoverable – –
Less: Not recoverable and written off – –
TOTAL – –

2 Information related to material losses must also be disclosed in the annual financial statements.

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