QUESTION $4(20$ Marks$)$

In $2005,$ South Africa adopted the Government$-$wide M&E System $($GWMES$)$ as a cross$-$cutting framework to look at

monitoring and evaluation of the activities and the related expenditure of all government departments and state$-$owned

entities $($SOEs$).$

Provide a critical discussion of the monitoring and evaluation of public spending in all spheres of government and SOEs, as

well as the legal framework to support increasing accountability of public expenditure.