First witness Willie Ndleleni Mathebula thrashed out Treasury’s procurement processes to determine what part of public procurement played a role in state capture.
Acting chief procurement officer at Treasury Willie Mathebula estimated the procurement spend of government annually to be R800 billion.
Treasury’s Willie Mathebula has been outlining the operational framework of National Treasury to determine where public procurement played a role in state capture.
Willie Mathebula is a veteran Treasury employee who has been tasked with overseeing the management of government’s procurement system.
Willie Mathebula also says that the process of appointing forensic auditors into supply chain breaches with Eskom coal contracts is underway.
Mathebula’s told Parliament’s Standing Committee on Finance that Eskom incurred more than R31 billion through deviations and R33 billion in expansions and variations.
Mathebula, a veteran Treasury staffer of 15 years, has faced some tough questions while briefing Parliament’s Standing Committee on Finance for the first time.
