Heads must roll for R20 billion wasteful and irregular expenditure
The Auditor-General's General Report on National Audit Outcomes for 2010-2011 indicates the extent of the growing financial management crisis in many national and provincial government departments. More than R20 billion rand which should have gone on projects to uplift the people of South Africa was found to have been unauthorised, irregular, wasteful and fruitless expenditure.
Something needs to be done and heads need to roll.
The representatives of the Democratic Alliance (DA) on the Standing Committee on Public Accounts (SCOPA)will, at the first opportunity, call for the Ministers and Accounting Officers of the worst performing departments to be summoned before SCOPA to explain what went wrong. In some cases, those responsible must be held accountable and fired if necessary.
Some of the worst-performing departments that must form part of this enquiry include:
- Public Works
- Water Affairs
- Mineral Resources