Published 2 years ago

PROCUREMENT PROFLIGACY: No consequence: The accumulated irregular expenditure reaches R488-billion

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Zondo Commission proposes a national charter against corruption, including a code of conduct setting out the ethical standards which apply in the procurement of goods and services for the public. It suggests that this code be given legal status and effect by an act of Parliament. The Commission also proposes the establishment of an agency against corruption in public procurement. The Office of the Chief Procurement Officer put the amount the government spends via public procurement at more than R938-billion a year.

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PROCUREMENT PROFLIGACY: No consequence: The accumulated irregular expenditure reaches R488-billion

In her annual report on audit outcomes for the 2020/21 financial year, Auditor-General Tsakani Maluleke reported that the accumulated sum of irregular government spending that has ‘not been either recovered, condoned or written off stood at R488.14-billion’.

2 years ago·South Africa

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