Question NW3040 to the Minister of Social Development
17 October 2022 - NW3040
Arries, Ms LH to ask the Minister of Social Development
In view of two employees of her department, Mr Sipho Dikhobe and Mr Reinet Gamede, who were caught stealing diesel from the department and appeared at the Johannesburg Specialised Commercial Crime Court in this regard, what (a) control measures have been put in place to monitor the use of diesel at her department and (b) are the reasons that her department took so long to notice the specified theft of diesel of more than a million rand?
Reply:
According to the information received from the Gauteng Provincial Department of Social Development, there is no information on the officials in question in their employment records. In the absence of such information, I am not able to provide any further details on the matter.