Question NW1372 to the Minister of Public Service and Administration

Reply:

a) No monies were recovered by the Department of Public Service and Administration (DPSA), as no individual within this department were found guilty of conducting business with the State. The DPSA established a Memorandum of Understanding with the South African Police Service (SAPS), National Prosecuting Authority and Department of Justice and Constitutional Development to assist departments with investigating those cases where public service employees were identified by the DPSA to be possibly conducting business with the State. The SAPS investigations into the criminal cases referred by departments are not finalised yet, and as such no monies could be recouped.

b) By April 2021, the DPSA identified the following departments as possibly having employees conducting business with the State, and they were requested to investigate the allegations, to proceed with disciplinary action and to open criminal cases against employees found to be guilty:

National/Provincial department
Provincial	Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development
	Correctional Services
	Higher Education and Training
	Justice and Constitutional Development
	Science and Innovation
	Social Development
	Trade, Industry and Competition
Eastern Cape	Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
	Office of the Premier
	Provincial Treasury
Free State	Social Development
Gauteng	Education
	Health
KwaZulu-Natal	Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
	Education
	Health
	Transport
Mpumalanga	Culture, Sport and Recreation
	Health
	Public Works, Roads and Transport
North West	Education
	Health
Northern Cape	Agriculture, Environmental Affairs, Rural
	Development and Land Reform
	Economic Development and Tourism
	Education
	Health
	Roads and Public Works
Western Cape	Health

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