LETTER: Act on irregular expenditure now
Shifting the goalposts is not good enough because it is easy to follow the public procurement rules
The recent announcement by the government that it wants to drastically reduce the R63bn in irregular expenditure by the 2024/2025 financial year is just another way of shifting the goalposts. During meetings held by the standing committee on public accounts (Scopa), it became clear that the accounting officers for Gauteng are not doing their jobs effectively and efficiently.
The irregular expenditure reported by the auditor-general in previous reports occurred in procurement. Gauteng has put in place an open tender system that is starting to show results. Setting the target of reducing irregular expenditure by the national government is just not good enough while those responsible still get bonuses and continue with this trend. ..
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