Financial Accountability in the Public Service

There is a renewed focus on financial accountability in the public service. Efforts to root out corruption, ensure service delivery and avoid waste are on the top of every department’s agenda.

This interactive 2 day course assists those whose function includes ensuring financial accountability to understanding the full legal framework which applies. Special disciplinary skills necessary to investigate and initiate offences that have a financial dimension are considered in detail, together with applicable case law and relevant role-plays.

 
  • Introduction
  • Government Focus on Accountability
  • Public Service Commission report and key findings
  • Theory of corruption  -
    • monopoly – accountability- discretion
  • Legal compliance framework
    • PFMA /MFMA
    • Labour Relations Act
    • Corrupt Activities Act
    • Statutory and common-law crimes
  • Financial misconduct
    • Elements of each offence and what proof is needed
    • Setting traps/probity checks
    • Using section 6 of Regulation of Interception of Communications Act
    • Forensic audits
    • Qualities and skills of financial misconduct initiator
  • Sanctions
  • Case studies
    • Honesty and the irretrievable breakdown in employment relationship
    • Law of evidence and the missing bulldozer
    • Inferences and the authorized deviation from company procedure
  • Role-plays
    • Analyzing and detecting financial misconduct
    • Initiating financial misconduct hearing
  • Closure

Cape Town, 23-24 February 2010, Capetonian Hotel
Durban, 25-26 February 2010, Elangeni Hotel
Johannesburg, 25-26 February 2010, Indaba Hotel

One delegate………………………….R 4 601.00 plus VAT = R 5 245.14
Two or more delegates
from the same organisation…………R 4 141.00 plus VAT = R 4 720.74 per delegate