defenceWeb Written by defenceWeb - Secretary for Defence Gladys Sonto Kudjoe. Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula’s Department of Defence (DoD) and its operating arm – the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) – regularly bemoan a lack of funding hampering ability and capacity to execute official taskings. Yesterday’s release of national and provincial government audits as per the Public Finance Management Act (PFMA) by Auditor General Tsakani Maluleke shows the defence sector of the public service is not entirely above blame for the way it spends at least some of the close to R50 billion allocated by National Treasury. Among others, her report notes R.19 billion in irregular expenditure incurred on ongoing multi-year contracts awarded in prior years. The main reason for non-compliance found by Auditor General personnel is related to non-compliance with legislation restricting overspending on the budget for employee compensation. Compensation of employees (CoE) is the major consumer of funds received from Finance Minister Tito Mboweni’s National Treasury, accounting for 61.4% (R88.4 billion) of its total expenditure of R140.2 billion over the MTEF (Medium Term Expenditure Framework) period.