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ANA reports that Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation Minister Lindiwe Sisulu is urgently arranging security vetting of her staff to allow them to work free of the suspicion hanging over officials in the bankrupt department.
On Tuesday she said: “The most important thing for me is for my staff to be vetted and cleared immediately, so they are able to function. They will not be able to function if a cloud is hanging over them. I would like them to look proud and say they are working for this department.” She was answering media questions about the dismal financial track record of the department after delivering the department’s budget vote speech in parliament. Sisulu said she needed more time to understand how the entity had been pushed into bankruptcy and had asked Treasury to help her set up an investigative team to achieve this within a short time frame. She commented further: “I will not be able to understand until we have our investigation up and running and we get a report. Then I will be able to understand how we lost so much money and close those loopholes. The figures are shocking and I feel really sorry for the staff who have had to explain all of this to Treasury and the portfolio committee because I don’t know if they themselves know the extent of the damage.”
- Read the full original of the report on the above on page 7 of The Citizen of 17 July 2019
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