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Annual Report for the 2021/22 Financial Year
Vote 2: Western Cape Provincial Parliament
Part A: General Information

4. REPORT OF THE ACCOUNTING OFFICER

Romeo Adams
Secretary to the Provincial Parliament

4.1. Overview of the opera ons of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament

The year 2021/22 was once again a year of unpredictability and uncertainty, although not at the
level experienced in 2020/21. The WCPP con nued to build on its learnings from the previous year
and used the available informa on to enhance its ac vi es and opera ons during the 2021/22
financial year.

The 2021/22 financial year necessitated an analysis of the key strategic issues as well as an
assessment of the WCPP’s performance to date, in rela on to the implementa on of the 2020/21 to
2024/25 Strategic Plan. Emerging issues, including risks, were also iden fied during the period of the
report which was used as a basis for the 2022/23 Annual Performance Plan. The Director Strategy
and Ins tu onal Oversight was appointed with effect from 1 July 2021. This appointment allowed
for a number of key strategic areas to receive the required a en on, for example, leading the
further refinement of strategic ini a ves, themes and key projects for the remainder of the strategic
planning period, support for the development of a digital transforma on strategy, and strengthening
the alignment between strategy and budge ng by providing input to the WCPP’s budget submissions
to and engagements with the Provincial Treasury in order to ensure resources are directed to the
iden fied priority areas. With the establishment of the directorate the management of performance
informa on for the purposes of accountability repor ng has improved as it provides the necessary
expert advice on recognised performance monitoring and repor ng good prac ce, including
methodologies and tools.

For the 2021/22 financial year the WCPP achieved 76% of the planned annual programme
performance indicators.

The following table lists the number of planned programme performance indicators for the year and
whether it was achieved or not. The reasons for the devia ons from targets can be found in Part B:
Performance Informa on of this report.

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