GAUTENG PREMIER'S OFFICE FAILS ON VACANCIES, CORRUPTION AND MANAGEMENT
Summary extract of speech by Jack Bloom MPL in debate today on the Annual Report of the Gauteng Premier's Office
According to the Auditor-General, the Premier's Office has a clean audit but has two matters of emphasis. There was material under-spending of R9.9 million on Programme 3: Policy and Governance, and the office is being sued in four cases amounting to R6.374 million.
The big failure is monitoring and evaluation. This is why the Honourable Premier is frequently embarrassed when all her grand promises amount to nothing.
Why did her office not pick up sooner that progress on the youth jobs target is abysmal? Why are virtually all major projects like the Jabulani and New Natalspruit hospitals way behind schedule and grossly over budget?
The collapse of local government services in areas like Bekkersdal should have been picked up and acted on before things boiled over.