Question NW288 to the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
20 March 2024 - NW288
Spies, Ms ERJ to ask the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
In light of the fact that the Community Works Programme (CWP) is aimed at providing a job safety net for unemployed people of working age, what is the total amount (a) of the allocated CWP budget that has been lost to (i) corruption, (ii) undeserving beneficiaries and (iii) theft and (b) that has been recovered and paid back to the State in the past 10 financial years in each case?
Reply:
a) (i)There is no amount of CWP budget that has been lost to corruption. The Department did not discover any fraudulent activities nor our assurance providers discovered and reported any fraudulent activities
(ii) The amount paid to undeserving benefiaries is R1,3 million.
(iii) There is no amount of CWP budget that has been lost to theft as the Department and its assurance providers did not discover or report any theft.
(b) The amount that has been recovered is R1,2 million and this relates to underseving beneficiaries. The balance of R100 000.00 is still to be recovered through arbitration and mediation with two implementing agents respectively.
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