DA calls on Premier Saul to release long overdue Covid-19 Corruption Report
22 January 2021
Note to Editors: Please find attached soundbites in English & Afrikaans from Harold McGluwa, MPL.
With six months having passed since the publication of the Northern Cape government’s Covid-19 expenditure list, the Democratic Alliance (DA) will call on the Premier, Dr Zamani Saul, to now publish a subsequent Covid-19 corruption report.
Last year’s release of the list did a good job in inviting public scrutiny over the 175 involved companies that did business with provincial government. This public oversight must not have been in vain. We therefore want to know what the eventual outcomes of this exercise were, especially as a number of questionable companies were exposed on the list.
We are calling on Saul to present a report, informing us whether the Special Investigation Unit (SIU) was called on to probe allegations, and also detailing complaints received, investigations conducted, as well as disciplinary and criminal action taken.