Fin24 reports that the names of 20 public servants who might have contravened the Public Administration Management Act has been referred to authorities for investigation and possible prosecution.
This was indicated by Public Service and Administration Minister Senzo Mchunu in a written reply to a parliamentary question from DA MP Leon Schreiber. He had asked the minister if any action had been taken against public servants in terms of section 8 of the Act, which came into effect on 18 March 2019, for doing business with the state. "No public service employees were prosecuted or fined for contravening Section 8 of the specified Act," the minister said. But, he added that in June the Department of Public Service and Administration (DPSA) had referred a list of the implicated employees to both the police and the national prosecuting authority for investigation and possible prosecutions. "No public service employee has had their employment terminated for contravening Section 8 of the Act, as the identified cases still need to be investigated," the minister advised.
- Read the original of the report by Lameez Omarjee on the above at Fin24
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