Mahikeng. The North West Department of Economic Development, Environment, Conservation and Tourism (DEDECT) have made the province proud by scooping the twelfth Southern African
Institute of Government Auditors (SIAGA) Annual Public Sector Reporting Awards for 2012/13 reporting period.

The Department is the winner in the category of the best provincial department in the North West scoring 85.77% for producing excellent and detailed financial statements.

“Although there are number of compliance matters that are still being attended to, this award is
an affirmation that we are moving in the right direction. I would like to thank the Departmental management and staff for their commitment and dedication in fulfilling our dream of producing quality reports, said MEC for DEDECT, Motlalepula Rosho with pride.

’’We have put proper systems and processes in place to respond to government’s call to pay service providers within 30 days after the submission of invoice. There is vast improvement with regard to this since the last quarter, she said.-TDN
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