SanParks' Financial Statements

[Richprins]

Mr N Singh (IFP) asked the Minister to comment on the allegation in the “Daily Maverick.”

Minister Creecy responded that it was disgraceful that the Department could have this level of irregular, unauthorised and wasteful expenditure. As a matter of urgency, she had written to the Head of the Department and the chairperson of the boards of all entities and instructed them that they needed to implement the necessary regulatory processes to investigate those expenditures, and to implement the appropriate consequences.

However, she had received an update on the irregular expenditure of R2.5 billion from the previous financial year. The Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and internal auditors were conducting an analysis of all of the irregular expenditure. The Minister said that as a long serving Member of the Committee, Mr Singh would know that the expenditure of about R300 million had already been investigated and criminal charges had been laid, which had resulted in six officials facing serious disciplinary charges, and letters being issued to another 70 officials. She assured the Committee that they would have no hesitation in dealing with this matter. This was an ongoing process, and she would be happy to update the Committee on a regular basis.

https://pmg.org.za/committee-meeting/32334/

[Lisbeth]

If all the officials, secretaries, vice-secretaries, ministers etc. were to be investigated, there would be very few "clean" ones left

[Alf]

Measurements should be in place before they can explore these expenditures