PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
Anticorruption hotline received thousands of complaints, MPs told
A total 3,655 officials were found guilty of misconduct related to corrupt activities from September 2004 to end-October 2018
The national anticorruption hotline operated by the Public Service Commission (PSC) has received 20,726 cases of allegations of corruption from its inception in September 2004 to end-October 2018. A total 3,655 officials were found guilty of misconduct related to corrupt activities during this period and of these 1,740 were dismissed, 450 were fined, 140 were demoted, 927 were given final written warnings and 395 were criminally prosecuted. The 20,726 cases were referred to the relevant government departments and public entities for investigation and the PSC has received feedback on 18,898 of those cases, its commissioner, Sellinah Nkosi, reported to parliament’s public service and administration committee on Wednesday . Of the cases on which feedback was received, the PSC closed 18,582. Of the 20,726 cases, 7,486 related to national departments and 5,998 to public entities with Gauteng (2,083) and Mpumalanga (1,189) leading in terms of the number of cases reported. Nkosi said 2,144...
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