. The Chief Audit Executive did not effectively report, operationally and administratively to the Accounting Officer and was suspended on 22 July 2011. This was done without any input from the Audit Committee and without the Audit Committee being apprised of the reasons for his suspension. His suspension was then lifted on 18 June 2012 without an explanation, and to date no charges have been brought against him. This implies that for half of the 2011/12 financial year, the Department operated without an Internal Audit Executive.