South Africa: Public Works Must Work for the People, Not Just the President

press release

While the country is trying to make sense of the R203 million Public Works splurge on the presidential palace at Nkandla, the Department's recently released Annual Report for 2011-2012 gives evidence of an entity clearly not in a position to deliver on its mandate.

The Auditor General (AG) gave Public Works the worst possible audit opinion, namely a "Disclaimer of Opinion", stating that he was not able to obtain sufficient evidence to "provide a basis for an audit opinion".

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