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MINISTER Angie Motshekga’s Department of Basic Education is, according to the Office of the Auditor General (AG), one of the “worst offenders” among government departments when it comes to fruitless and wasteful expenditure.
A briefing to Parliament’s Standing Committee on Appropriations last week by AG Tsakani Maluleke’s office brought to light that 21 of 41 departments at national level “consistently incurred fruitless and wasteful expenditure over the past five years” according to a Parliamentary Communication Services statement.
The Department of Basic Education, according to the Parliamentary statement, is the biggest contributor to the overall R1.52 billion in fruitless and wasteful expenditure over the past five years.
The AG told the committee that some departments had consistently incurred fruitless and wasteful expenditure over the past five years.
“Out of 41 national departments, 21 of them incurred R1.52 billion in fruitless and wasteful expenditure during this time,” it said.
The Auditor-General during the meeting highlighted that the biggest contributors to this large sum are the Departments of Defence at R460.09 million, National Treasury at R339.47 million, Basic Education at R106.85 million and Tourism at R92.59 million.
Most of the wasteful expenditure occurred in procurement, payment and resource management.
The Auditor-General said that 29 percent of national departments are in good financial health, 62 percent are cause for concern and nine percent require urgent intervention.
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