Question NW3449 to the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services
11 December 2018 - NW3449
Majola, Mr F to ask the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services
(a) On what date did his department last conduct an audit of artwork owned by Government which is under his department’s curatorship and (b) what are the details of each artwork under the curatorship of his department according to the Generally Recognised Accounting Practice 103; (2) whether any artworks under his department’s curatorship have gone missing (a) in each of the past five financial years and (b) since 1 April 2018; if so, what are the relevant details?
Reply:
1. (a) The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (DoJ&CD) conducts a verification process of all its assets bi-annually, including the artwork on its asset registers and report accordingly in Interim and/or Annual Financial Statements.
The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) commissioned an audit of all its artwork at head office in 2014. The audit was conducted by an independent firm, Gilfilan Scott-Berning. The artwork collection was evaluated at R889 625.00.
Legal Aid SA conducts quarterly verification of all its assets, including the artwork on its asset registers, and consistently reports on its mid-year and Annual Financial Statements. Currently Legal Aid SA has no assets which are recognised as heritage assets as required by the Generally Recognised Accounting Practice 103.
(b) The detailed evaluation report of the NPA is attached as Annexure A. The artwork contained in the DoJ&CD asset register is listed below:
|
Asset |
Office/Region |
Number/Count |
Purchase Price |
|
Board White Magnetic |
Western Cape |
1 |
R574.28 |
|
Charter Service |
Eastern Cape |
2 |
R1 703.16 |
|
Coat of Arms |
National Office |
83 |
R663 360.08 |
|
Framed Pictures |
Kwa-Zulu Natal |
127 |
R180 061.41 |
|
Picture Framed |
Gauteng |
225 |
R252 186.26 |
|
Potrait Art |
Mpumalanga |
44 |
R21 266.80 |
|
Total |
482 |
R1 119 151.99 |
(2) No artworks of the DoJ&CD, NPA and Legal Aid SA have gone missing in the past five (5) financial years including since 1 April 2018.
1.(a) The Office of the Chief Justice conducts a verification process of all its assets every six months, including the artwork on its asset register.
- (b) The artwork contained in the Office of the Chief Justice asset register are listed below:
|
ITEM |
LOCATION |
NUMBER |
|
Statue |
SCA |
12 |
|
Statue |
Bloemfontein |
2 |
|
Statue |
Pretoria High Court |
5 |
|
Painting |
Labour & Labour Appeals Court JHB |
4 |
|
TOTAL |
23 |
2. No artworks have gone missing in either the past 5 financial years or since 1 April 2018.