The authors establishing the principles for public (sector) financial management (PFM) have indicated that several elements are necessary to make acoherent system of PFM. Identify these elements, explaining (only) the salient issues of each one, and provide examples of how these issues manifest themselves in practice in south Africa. Tabulate your answer as indicated. Non-compliance carries a penalty of 5marks: 3 marks for direct coping and pasting of the full source text and 2 marks for the absence of a table:

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Example (manifestation in SA)