Gauteng’s Scopa demands to see MEC Paul Mashatile, not his officials
On Tuesday, the Gauteng Legislature’s Standing Committee on Public Accounts (Scopa) sent officials from the provincial human settlements department packing‚ demanding to see MEC Paul Mashatile. The human settlements department was scheduled to meet the committee to discuss reports tabled by the committee to the house, but Mashatile failed to arrive and instead sent his officials. This angered the committee and it ordered the officials to leave‚ reschedule the meeting and return with the MEC. "He was supposed to be here to account and not send the head of department. The MEC is the executive authority accountable to the committee. Last year we accepted his apology but not this time. He was supposed to prioritise the meeting‚" said Scopa chairperson Mbongeni Radebe. He added that the meeting was important to the committee and the MEC‚ as he was supposed to detail the progress on the implementation of the auditor-general’s recommendations, which had been tabled before the legislature.<...
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