The Auditor General’s report is proof that we are facing the worst governance crisis since 1994
2 November 2017
The Congress of South African Trade Unions is appalled to learn from the Auditor General Kimi Makwetu’s report that irregular expenditure in the public sector has increased by more than half from R29, 4bn in 2015/16 to more than R45, 6bn in 2016/17. This is outrageous and unacceptable that at a time when the economy is on its knees and the tax revenue is shrinking, so much money cannot be accounted for.
What makes things worse is the fact that the AG has warned that this figure is still likely to go up because other departments and SOE’s are still being audited.
The current economic trends have unleashed very harsh conditions especially for the working class and the poor. This gross and vulgar mismanagement of the limited public resources is further proof that we are facing the worst governance and economic crisis since 1994.
President Jacob Zuma’s administration has not just seen rising unemployment and economic collapse but it has also seen the scourge of corruption and inefficiency of the public service becoming endemic.