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THE ACCOUNTING AUTHORITY/BOARD Report of the Audit Commit ee
SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR DRUG-FREE SPORT ACT, 1997 No. 14 of 1997 Government
Gazet e, Vol. 383, No. 18028, 23 May 1997

We are pleased to present the Audit Commit ee Report for the South African Institute for Drug Free Sport
1. ACT for the financial year ended 31 March 2018.
To promote the participation in sport free from the use of prohibited substances or methods intended to
artificially enhance performance, thereby rendering impermissible doping practices, which are contrary to Audit Commit ee Members and At endance:
the principles of fair play and medical ethics, in the interest of the health and well being of sportspersons; The Audit Commit ee consists of three independent persons together with a non-executive member of the
and to provide for mat ers connected therewith. Board. All members of the Audit Commit ee have the required expertise and experience in business and
financial mat ers. The Commit ee meets quarterly and has met five times during the year to 31 March 2018
(Assented to 20 May 1997.) and twice subsequently, in accordance with its approved terms of reference.
BE IT ENACTED by the Parliament of the Republic of South Africa, as follows: -
Name of Member Number of Meetings At ended
2. Establishment of South African Institute for Drug-free Sport Year to 31.3.2018 Since 31.3.2018
There is hereby established a corporate body to be known as the South African Institute for Drug- Free Adv. David Mitchell (Chairperson) 5 2
Sport.
Mr Graham Abrahams * (until 22 May 2018) 5 1
3. Composition of Institute Mr Jonathan George 4 3
(1) The Institute shall consist of a chairperson and as many other members as may be agreed upon by the Ms Masaccha Mbonambi 2 1
Minister in consultation with NSC and NOCSA, all of whom shall be appointed by the Minister in terms of Dr Maria Peenze * (as from 22 May 2018) 0 2
subsection (4). (2) In addition to the members referred to in subsection (1) the Chief Executive Officer of the
Institute shall be a member of the Institute by virtue of his or her office. - (ACT No. 14 of 1997)
* Board member

FRAUD AND CORRUPTION Representatives of the Auditor-General have at ended all Audit Commit ee meetings.

No fraud and/or corruption cases have been filed for the year 01 April 2017 to 31 March 2018. Audit Commit ee Responsibility
The Audit Commit ee reports that it has complied with its responsibilities arising from sections 51(1)(a)(ii) and
76(4)(d) of the Public Finance Management Act and Treasury Regulation 27.
CODE OF CONDUCT:

A register is kept of any declarations of interest from Board Members. The Commit ee further reports that it has adopted appropriate formal terms of reference as its Audit
Commit ee Charter and has regulated its affairs and discharged its responsibilities in compliance with this
All staff members are required to sign and adhere to a Code of Conduct and Confidentiality policy charter.

Declarations of any conflict of interests are a permanent agenda item on staff meetings.
Annual criminal background checks are conducted on all staff members Internal audit
Academic qualifications of all new staff appointments are verified. Internal audit has covered a wide array of areas and has contributed most effectively with constructive inputs

Doping Control Officers and all operational commission members are bound by a signed Code of for enhancement and improvement.
Conduct policy Internal audit continues to assist the entity with its risk management processes. This will be further
Annual criminal background checks are conducted on all doping control officers. enhanced during the following year when the entity updates its risk management register.

The application of good accounting practices and strong and effective internal control

The Auditor-General has pinpointed various instances where accounting practices and internal control could
be improved, such as with fixed assets and with the oversight of continuing service contracts. These observa-
tions have been noted and are being at ended to, in an all-round quest for accounting and compliance
excellence.

Collection of outstanding receivables

The collection of outstanding debtors arising from the sale and distribution of doping control test kits
remains a problematic area. The Institute has been compelled to adopt more formalised debt recovery steps
against various sporting bodies and events organisers, both locally and internationally, even where this may
run counter to other anti-doping education and cooperation initiatives.

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