CETA - forensic audit
DID YOU KNOW? According to a forensic audit performed on the Construction Education and Training Authority (CETA), which was leaked to the DA after CETA refused to hand it over to the Auditor-General (A-G) or make it public, CETA is technically insolvent with a deficit of almost R8 million. CETA made double payments to four service providers for learnerships, totalling more than R1.5 million. Training providers to CETA submitted irregular claims for learnerships and skills development programmes, possibly amounting to R170.5 million. CETA’s executive committee members allegedly have interests in the training-providers that benefit from programmes instituted by CETA, and therefore override rules and regulations. A case in point is that Mashilo Moloto, the son of board chairperson Narius Moloto, received a bursary from CETA’s bursary scheme without declaring the relationship. CETA received the most critical evaluation by the A-G for the financial year 2005/06: a disclaimer of opinion.