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The possibility of placing the Free State human settlements department under administration has not been excluded, Human Settlements Minister Tokyo Sexwale says.

“There’s a huge amount of irregular expenditure. I’ve never seen this amount of irregular expenditure. It’s about R500 million,” he told MPs.

There was a mismatch between money spent and houses built.

The minister said the Auditor-General had presented him with a report on allegations on these and other issues.

“There are serious issues about advance payments. R481 million was paid in the 2009/10 year on behalf of contractors to suppliers,” he said.

Sexwale said some of the expenditure, which could not be accounted for, was adding up and affecting housing delivery.

“They’ve dug themselves a hole financially. They can never get out of that hole. Every time we give them funds, they are trying to close that hole.” 

Sexwale had asked the AG to investigate as soon as they found out expenditure did not tally with units built.

“We also alerted Treasury late last year about these issues, and our own internal audit discovered that things are not quite well.”  The AG’s report would first be presented to Cabinet before it was tabled in Parliament.

“I have to present findings to the Cabinet... and then, based on that, to know what line of quick action, remedial action, needs to be taken.”  There were various ways Cabinet could address the crisis.

“One of those is the constitutional prerogative,” Sexwale said.

“Section 100 (of the Constitution) is not excluded, so the Constitution is the last line, also the first line.” Section 100 allows the national government to intervene in the running of a province.

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Aug 22, 2012

DJWinner

Is this guy still running for Mangaung? ha ha ha....
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Aug 22, 2012

Papage

That ia Ace Makgashule's provience
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Aug 22, 2012

MommaC

What are the chances that someone gets caught for this or that someone loses their job?

I am so very tired of hearing about this rampant theft. It is sickening.
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Aug 22, 2012

Secretary

@Papage
That ia Ace Makgashule's provience
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So what?
@ Sexwale
Thanks to bring Ace to book. Ace cannot think for himself. I wonder if Zuma also runs Ace's family,because everything Ace do is thought by Zuma. What would expect from a presient with series of cases haunting him.How can you alow such a president to contaminate your province?
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Aug 22, 2012

Catswhiskers

Why shocked - it happens all the time!
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Aug 22, 2012

SOLUTIONS

lolololol,

always, shock --- we are not shocked anymore, it is the way of the anc led government
Task team to be sent in ----- Go find the criminals.
People suspended on full pay --- no shock as well - the way of the cadres
Criminal charges --- just a front to make the voters think they are doing something
Case thrown out of court, --- no substantial amount of evidence --- no shock as well, the anc way.

Damn, I forgot to add a few times that Apartheid is to blame.
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Aug 22, 2012

cornelius

And so the poor remain poor. The solution to the problem, according to the ANC June policy proposals, is to introduce more radical BEE measures ( discriminating against whites0 and a system of state capitalism where the state will start to perform all kinds of commercial and private functions in competition with private companies, no matter that the productivity of state employees is 400% lower than that of private business. Very clever.
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Aug 22, 2012

KatakataEmaotoAditshepe

Hey! Sexwale go to eastern cape and limpopo everything is fine in Free State as long our poeple are getting into new houses.

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Aug 22, 2012

Makhosini0408

Tokyo is an alarmist. By the way, Mr Sexwale, since in office, what has changed as the backlog is still over 2,1 million houses unit?
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Aug 22, 2012

Lehido

Anything new here Mr Minister??....We know that, we knew it will happen.......Just start working and stop talking
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