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BusinessLive reports that the Treasury wants about 25 government employees who scored R500m from the state in 2016 to pay back the money.
In April 2016, the office of the chief procurement officer at the Treasury consolidated the government’s supplier database. In this clean-up process, it was discovered that 12,000 dead people were registered to do business with the state, while another 14,000 were in the employ of the government. Out of the 14,000 public servants, the office discovered that the top 25 had received R500m in state orders. Acting chief procurement officer, Schalk Human, commented: "We want to recover that money. There would have been a disciplinary [first], then we are going to the Asset Forfeiture Unit in terms of the financial misconduct regulations… We will recover the money — if you can’t pay, we’ll sell your house, car and assets." The Department of Public Service and Administration is conducting the disciplinary hearings, but the office of the chief procurement officer has yet to refer any of the 14,000 cases to the Hawks.
- Read this report by Xolisa Phillip in full at BusinessLive
- Read too, About 9,000 public servants are still allowed to do business with the state, at BusinessLive
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