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Announcing the department's key priorities for the financial year ahead in Parliament yesterday, Nathi Mthethwa, Acting Minister of Cooperative and Traditional Affairs; and his deputy Yunus Carrim said the new unit would tackle what they called "municipal corruption".

The inspectorate to fight fraud and corruption would be based at the department's head office in Pretoria before setting up branches in the provinces over the coming years.

The anti-graft inspectorate, Carrim explained, would work closely with other law enforcement agencies such as the police and the special investigating unit.

"It has three different aspects - the first is to encourage ethical conduct among councillors and officials.

"Secondly, it is to analyse trends of municipal corruption and then help in developing better and more effective strategies to contend with corruption.

"Thirdly, it's to help municipalities and all other agencies like the police, the South African Revenue Service and the like, which are pursuing cases of corruption.

"So to expedite the matter, CoGTA will help municipalities to proceed," Carrim said.

The local government sphere is notorious for serious cases of corruption and fraud.

In the most recent example, the Sunday Times reported that the city of Ethekwini in KwaZulu-Natal had been sitting on a report of an inquiry into tender irregularities at Durban's electricity department.

The report relates to a R11 million contract to rewire the council's flats in Durban South.

The report has implicated high ranking officials in the Ethekwini Metro.

Faced with a high turnover of councillors, Mthethwa also said more than 10,000 municipal councillors who came into office following the recent local government election would soon undergo basic training on functioning of local government.

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Jun 1, 2011

nicki

ja right,as if thats gonna change anything
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Jun 1, 2011

LoveSA

Has a unit been put together to investigate this unit? Sceptic here but it is a step in the right direction.
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Jun 1, 2011

Livelifemolefe

Once caught, subject them to courts and lock them up.
Do not redeploy them.
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Jun 1, 2011

Phazimani

This anti-graft Inspectorate should fastened its Investigation in the area like Limpopo where there is a lack of service delivery in areas like Malamulele.

Malamulele is found in Thulamela Municipality but the service is still poor compared to Thohoyandou, Cooperative gorvenance & Traditional Affairs must see to it that people from Malamulele get services like people from the aother side.

They (Malamulele people) they are tired, they want change.
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Jun 1, 2011

mamame

Good news! Well done ANC.
Can you start by investigating the Arms deal please?
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Jun 1, 2011

Knowledge

The unit must start in Mpumalanga.
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Jun 1, 2011

Tshele

Remember the days of Bantustans/Homelands when Dr C .N Phatudi (Lebowa)
and Mr P.Mphephu(Venda) visited the White house? While at the dinner
table with all dignitaries from all over the world, Mphephu stunned all
the guests by taking the big spoon meant for dishing out rice and was
just about to use it for eating when an embarassed Phatudi
interruptted:''Ladies and gentlemen,before we have our dinner may I make
a short prayer in my own language????" and so the prayer went;

''Hey'wena Mphemphu setlaela ke wena, leswana leo ase la go ja
maan-shomisha leswana le lelenyane o tlogele gon'tlhabisa dihlong go
bahlomphegi ba dichaba-chaba-Amen''.

Before a fetsa go rapela, Phatudi a bona batho ba tswaletse mahlo ebe a
utswa cutlery ya expensive gold and he put it inside his jacket, kganthe
Mphephu o lebeletse, ge Phatudi are Amen...Mphephu ebe are "Ladies and
Gentlemen I will now show you some African magic...you see this gold
cutlery, I will put it inside my jacket and take it out Phathudi's
jacket"..he put the cutlery inside his jacket and went across to
Phathudi and took out the cutlery that was in Phatudi's jacket, to
everybody's amazement...everyone was ecstatic they all clapped and
cheered...to which Phatudi stood up and said "And now Ladies and Gents
to congratulate my fellow African in my language...I say otlonyela
leVenda ke wena..I thank you"

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Jun 1, 2011

BobbieT

and you believe this... I will wait for results (and tenders and back handers and new houses and new cars...) It's not going to change - there are too many thieves in too many councils for this to change. These guys will be bought and paid for in a couple of months and the same people caught with their hands in the cookie jar will be redeployed or resign with all our tax money already in their pockets.
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Jun 1, 2011

CHALA

Thats good one's caught of to jail,no mercy.
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Jun 1, 2011

NEWDADUDE

Does the ANC also double as a standup comedy act? Any one who believes this tripe are as naive as they are brainwashed
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