THE Portfolio Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs was on Friday briefed by the Special Investigating Unit (SIU), the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) and the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (DPCI) on corruption and Covid-19 related cases in local government.
This follows the briefing of 3 March 2020 on forensic investigations in municipalities from the Hawks, the NPA, the SIU and the Department of Cooperative Governance.
After this meeting, the committee resolved to convene quarterly meetings with law enforcement agencies to deliberate on progress relating to general investigations in local government.
This was prompted by observation of undue delays in finalising corruption cases.
The committee noted that at local government level, the impact of corruption on service delivery is quite serious.
The committee also noted that poor monitoring of these cases has contributed significantly to delays in finalising them.
The committee said convening quarterly meetings to monitor progress is
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