The Auditor-General and Eskom’s external auditors on Wednesday briefed Parliament's finance watchdog, Scopa, about its audit outcomes for 2020/21.
The SIU was briefing the Standing Committee on Public Accounts (Scopa) about its investigations into personal protective equipment (PPE) corruption and other cases.
National Director of Public Prosecutions Shamila Batohi said they have now applied to the health department to make NPA staff and prosecutors essential services so they can get vaccinated.
Auditor-General Tsakani Maluleke painted a bleak picture of the state of the country’s municipal finances, telling Parliament how municipalities had racked up R26 billion in irregular expenditure.
SIU head Andy Mothibi said that investigators were close to wrapping up investigations into personal protective equipment corruption and these should be completed by August.
Scopa chairperson Mkhuleko Hlengwa said that until proper action was taken, the fence would be a dark cloud hanging over Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Patricia de Lille and the department.
It’s been nearly a year since Parliament first called for consequences on the issue of the Beit Bridge border fence, which was found not fit for purpose.
Thomas Kgokolo was appointed to the position on Wednesday night but the official opposition is not happy about the appointment.
The committee had been requested to suspend its probe because the state-owned power utility was conducting its own internal investigation into the matter.
Rescue practitioner, Siviwe Dongwana, said that the restructuring was moving ahead smoothly.
The forensic report is being compiled by PWC, the same accounting firm that was appointed by Steinhoff’s new board to find out what went wrong at the company.
The deputy president said they wanted to get to the bottom of all corruption claims at Eskom, but would not focus on race.
Scopa member Sakhumzi Somyo has also questioned Denel on how much it made from Yemen arms sales.
While the minister said that the state entity was starting to reposition itself, it still had a dark cloud hanging over it as it dealt with the consequences of dodgy tenders in the past.
The investigation will also include procurement and contract management in general.
The Scopa hearing follows two years in which Prasa got two consecutive disclaimers from the Auditor-General. The rail agency is also the government entity with the highest irregular expenditure at over R1 billion rand.
Eskom, Transnet, the SABC all got qualified audit opinions. Even worse, disclaimers were issued for Denel and Prasa.
