SANDILE MOTHA
ALTHOUGH a forensic report has revealed grand scale corruption within KwaZulu-Natal department of Social Development, no single politician will be held to account.
The findings of the report were made public by Premier Sihle Zikalala this week. It revealed a trail of corruption of at least R30 million in suspicious payments allegedly made to hand-picked service providers.
The investigation was conducted by the provincial treasury following an uproar and public complaints relating to fraudulent awarding of tenders for Covid-19 related emergencies.
“The investigation revealed that there was irregular expenditure in the procurement process. As such implicated officials will face disciplinary action for failure to follow proper procurement processes. With regard to the MEC, there is nothing that indicates wrongdoing on her part,” said Zikalala.
He said the report also showed that there was no planning or needs analysis conducted when the department procured about 48 000 blankets at inflated
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