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BL Premium reports that the department of human settlements, water and sanitation is making steady progress in holding to account those responsible for the mountain of irregular expenditure incurred over the years.
Human settlements, water and sanitation minister Lindiwe Sisulu has appointed former minister Susan Shabangu to head up a ministerial advisory disciplinary committee (established in December 2020) to drive the process of holding officials identified as wrongdoers to account and to respond to concerns raised by the auditor-general (AG). The AG has expressed concern about the lack of consequence management — the holding of officials to account — in government departments generally but in the department of water and sanitation in particular. The department and the water boards that fall under it have been plagued by fraud, corruption and procurement irregularities. In the 2020/2021 financial year the department notched up irregular expenditure of R9.8bn (R9.6bn the previous year) while the water trading entity that is responsible for water infrastructure and some service provision had irregular expenditure of R7.8bn (R7.7bn). Sisulu and Shabangu briefed MPs on Thursday on the progress made in investigating, disciplining and prosecuting those allegedly involved in fraud, corruption and procurement irregularities. Shabangu was frank about the fact that billions of rand had gone missing from the department. However, she expressed confidence that by the end of 2021, all the matters involving about R9.7bn would have been finalised.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Linda Ensor at BusinessLive (paywall access only)
- Read too, Water and Sanitation Department reveals almost R10bn in irregular expenditure, at Independent Media
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