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The State lost R300 million through fraud and other financial misconduct by civil servants in the 2009/10 financial year, Public Service and Administration Minister Lindiwe Sisulu said on Monday.

In national departments, R260 million that could not be recovered was lost and in the provinces, the figure came to R40 million, she said in a written reply to a parliamentary question.

Local government employees refunded the State some R4 million but in national departments the culprits paid back only R325,171, Sisulu said.

According to figures from the Public Service Commission cited by the minister, a total of 1,135 financial misconduct cases were reported at national and local government level in 2009/2010.

Employees were found guilty in 998 cases.

Of those, 214 were dismissed, 498 were issued with final written warnings, and the rest with smaller sanctions.

Note:

Apologies for any confusion, the amounts were corrected to the numbers you see here

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Wed Jun 19 12:30:34 SAST 2013 ::

Jul 23, 2012

Bosele

And you expect this number to drop with the increase you intend giving them?
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Jul 23, 2012

K2A

They should be fired not issued with warnings and then we have to pay tax ane......nxa!!!
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Jul 23, 2012

Maratachelete

"Of those, 214 were dismissed, 498 were issued with final written warnings, and the rest with smaller sanctions"

What?Final warnings,so you steal money from government and you are given first,second and then final warning.This is a joke,why not dismiss them on the spot,but the again,the African National Crisis,is a joke.

R3 billion that could have been used to better people's lives.
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Jul 23, 2012

WakeUpSouthAfrica

FINAL WARNINGS?!

YOU SHOULD ARREST THEM!!! And throw them INTO JAIL!!!
What is this final warning sh1t? Is this the ANC 'punishing' their cadres?

F*(******SAKES!!!
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Jul 23, 2012

Ayobas

I say give them 7.5% Sisulu, these people are hungry.
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Jul 23, 2012

MommaC

a total of 1,135 financial misconduct cases .... 214 were dismissed, 498 were issued with final written warnings, and the rest with smaller sanctions.

Haai tog. I give up !!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Jul 23, 2012

ComradeAK

300 million, is less than E-toll waste, Police lease, Who am I- the project of Gijima and Home affairs, Limpopo saga,etc....the list is endless.
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Jul 23, 2012

Mbelewolwazi

The day nepotism in managerial position comes to an end is the day we will have purpose driven managers who will understand what supervision and control means. Currently in most cases we have managers who have no direction therefore cannot give proper direction to subordinates. How can you supervise if you know for a fact that you were placed at the level of your incompetence? How can you have confidence to make changes if you are not sure of your operational situation? The dubious new bosses when they talk to their staff for the first time they say, " I am not here to change anything. Everything will carry on as before". It means that if there was corruption, it will carry on as before and if there was inefficiency and lack of direction, nothing will change. This is the cancer in our government today.
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Jul 23, 2012

lindsay

and they just employ another thief you
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Jul 24, 2012

Vada

Sad state of affairs.... If you take up office to serve the people and then steal from them- you should loose everything you own - this will make u humble again (redistribute all their assets to those they stole from)
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