Question NW2373 to the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
24 December 2021 - NW2373
Ceza, Mr K to ask the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
(1) What (a) are the agreed (i) time frames and (ii) budget spent by her department on investigating reported cases (aa) within the Community Works Programme and (bb) of irregular, fruitless, wasteful and unauthorised expenditure, (b) mechanism has her department put in place to minimise the investigation period and (c) harsher punitive measures has her department put in place against corruption and pre-empting corruption? NW2745
Reply:
(a)(i)(ii)(aa)(bb)(b)
The agreed timeframes by the department to investigate reported cases of irregular, fruitless, wasteful and unauthorised expenditure within Community Work Programme (CWP), is estimated to be approximately a year . The budget spent is depicted in the table below :
|
No. |
Investigation name |
Financial Year |
Expenditure (R) |
|
1. |
Investigation into the appointment and awarding of Tenders to the Implementing Agents for the Community Work Programme (CWP) and procurement processes of goods/services procured by the Implementing Agents |
2015/16 |
821, 057.68 |
|
2. |
Forensic Investigation into the Community Work Programme (CWP) |
2016/17 & 2017/18 |
7, 486, 494.69 |
|
3. |
Community Work Programme Forensic Investigation |
2019/20 |
8, 585, 976.20 |
|
Total |
16, 893, 528.57 |
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- Investigations are outsourced where necessary to ensure that cases are concluded timeously
- All cases of corruption are reported to the South African Police Service and are subjected to departmental disciplinary procedures.
The department has put in place the consequence management measures to deal with non- compliance where disciplinary actions were initiated.