3.1. Statement of Responsibility for Performance Information

3.1. STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR PERFORMANCE INFORMATION FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2022

As the Acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the MQA, I confirm that to the best of my knowledge and belief:

• all information and amounts disclosed in the Annual Report are consistent with the Annual

Financial Statements audited by the Auditor-General; • the Annual Report is complete, accurate and is free from any omissions; • the Annual Report has been prepared in accordance with the guidelines as issued by National

Treasury; • the Annual Financial Statements (Section 9) have been prepared in accordance with the

Standards of Generally Recognised Accounting Practices (GRAP) that are the standards applicable to the public entity; • I accept that as the Accounting Authority I am responsible for the preparation of the Annual

Financial Statements and the MQA performance information, as well as for the judgements made on this information; and • as the Accounting Authority, I am also responsible for establishing and implementing a system of internal control designed to provide reasonable assurance as to the integrity and reliability of the performance information, the human resources information and the Annual Financial

Statements.

The MQA Annual Financial Statements (pages 99 to 150) and the performance information (pages 24 to 53) approved by the MQA Board for the year ended 31 March 2022, have been examined by the external auditors to express an independent opinion and their report is presented on page 95 of this report.

In my opinion, the Annual Report fairly reflects the operations, the performance information, the human resources information and the financial affairs of the MQA for the financial year ended 31 March 2022.

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Dr Thabo Mashongoane

Acting Chief Executive Officer 31 July 2022 _________________________

Mr David Msiza

Chairperson 31 July 2022