South Africa: 'Ban Public Servants From Govt Contracts'

Public servants should be banned from contracting with the government, and should face consequences for benefiting from state contracts, says National Planning Minister Trevor Manuel.

During a briefing on the National Development Plan in Parliament in Cape Town on Tuesday, Manuel echoed Public Service and Administration Minister Lindiwe Sisulu's call, made a few days ago, that public servants should be outlawed from benefiting from government contracts.

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