E477 000 SOMHLOLO FEES UNACCOUNTED FOR

 MBABANE – The Ministry of Sports, Culture and Youth Affairs is accused of failing to account for a share of the Somhlolo National Stadium gate takings and revenues.

Acting Auditor General (AG) Muziwandile Dlamini, in his report on government accounts for the year ended March 2017, found that the 10 per cent government usually got from the share of the gate, takings as well as the E50 each vendor paid for selling inside the venue, were not accounted for.

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The report revealed that total unverified deposits, as per the report, amounted to E477 217.90.
“Supporting source documents were not availed for audit inspection.

“The documents which were not availed for the audit included stadium bookings, gate takings and vendor fees, revenue reports, ticket registers, sold and unsold tickets,” reads the report, which has already been tabled in Parliament.

Stadium fixtures, vendors’ applications, and other documents that were used during the collection of the revenue, according to the report, were also not availed.

In the report, which is expected to be debated in Parliament, it was further disclosed that officers from the ministry did not physically inspect the tickets sold, but just relied on the list from the office of the Premier League of Swaziland.

“Since the fixture list was not availed to the ministry, it’s possible that some games were played at the national stadium without the knowledge of the ministry.

“I could not authenticate the accuracy of the deposits made from April 29, 2016 to December 30, 2016. The receipts were not collected by regular revenue officers, but their collection was entirely devolved to the office of the Premier League of Swaziland (PLS),” said Dlamini.

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