South Africa: Sisulu Must Support DA Bill to Ban Public Servants Doing Business With Government

press release

The Auditor-General's Audit Report for 2011/12 released yesterday revealed that contracts to the value of R141 million identified at 42 auditees were awarded to suppliers in which close family members of employees of the entities had an interest. This is an increase from R136 million in 2010/11.

This follows the report by the Public Service Commission in 2010 which estimated that R624 million of state money went to companies with links to civil servants, their families or members of their spouses' families.

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