Gauteng 'failed to act on most tip-offs'
The findings of a Public Service Commission report suggest that the Gauteng government has failed to act on corruption tip-offs in its various departments.
Gauteng Premier Nomvula MokonyaneThe report - presented this week before the legislature's oversight committee on the premier's office - reveals that provincial departments managed to successfully conclude only up to 58% of the cases referred to them.
For the 2011-12 financial year the province finalised only 524 of the 1417 corruption tip-offs received on the Anti-Corruption Hotline - which was set up by premier Nomvula Mokonyane.
The roads and transport department attracted the highest number of corruption tip-offs after notching up 474 tip-offs.
However, only 184 were closed.
The troubled health and social development department saw 269 queries lodged against it while only 134 cases were dealt with.
Following on the roads and transport and health departments, is the department of local government and housing, whose former political head Humphrey Mmemezi resigned after having been engulfed in controversy over numerous accidents with official state cars and his infamous state credit card splurges. The department attracted 293 complaints but closed only 37% of those.
Mokonyane's office failed to close the one case in its name.
The PSC concluded that the low case closure rate "confirms that there is a lack of capacity in departments to effectively investigate and conclude cases of alleged corruption".
DA leader in the legislature Jack Bloom claimed that party politics played a part in the large number of unresolved cases.
"There is an appalling lack of action on corruption tip-offs in Gauteng.
"This is partly because of incompetence but probably also because investigations would hit top-level ANC politicians," he said.
The province was further slated by the PSC after the number of financial mismanagement cases increased to 16 in the 2010-11 financial year. This was up from 13 in the previous year.
The province managed to see a drop in fraud (15 to 6 cases), theft (39 to 26) and gross negligence (11 to 3) but misappropriation and abuse of funds cases grew from 8 to 10.
- molatlhwao@sowetan.co.za
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RobinX
There is not much Nomvula Mokonyane has actually acted on, other than visiting the odd patient with a press-crew, or daily manicures and such. Her forte is a bully-approach and denial, but hey... it works every time. She's an oxygen thief.Report Abuse
Papage
Gauteng need a Premier with Balls not a woman, This provience is the largest in the Country with many people from all over coming to Juburg for economic search, it makes it very difficult to run, as such I dont thing the current Premier has capacity. Look at the mines around the Townships, who is benefitting on those mines, Communities around them? NO, what damages are those mines causing to the communities around them (mine dust)? Nobody cares. How many shacks in Township and who pays for the electricity of those shacks, services(water)? it is like in the olden Alex where Mmastand will collect all the monies from tenants and pay one fee to a crook inspector. Gauteng need a Man PremierReport Abuse
RobinX
Papage: It has nothing to do with gender. There are many women considerably more capable than the bulk of our male leaders. It goes about capability and integrity, qualities Nomvula knows nothing about.Report Abuse
RobinX
Shredder. Yebo!Report Abuse
Papage
RobinXPapage: It has nothing to do with gender. There are many women considerably more capable than the bulk of our male leaders. It goes about capability and integrity, qualities Nomvula knows nothing about.
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Give me one such woman, who can lead this Province?
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DjEp
Gauteng is the second biggest economic hub of Africa with South africa on the top spot, thus anyone tasked with the duties to lead this province must be sober. When we talk of foreign investment we talk of Gauteng. As for Nomvula, is a disgrace to the leader's community as she never shown any signs of leadership. Again she doesnt have to take all the blame since she didnt appoint herself,Zuma is the brains behind hence he is the one to be blamed.Report Abuse
zuluchick
whats stopping me from being a criminal when I see other people commiting crime and getting away with it...sade examplesReport Abuse
MorenaWaPolelo
PapageGauteng need a Premier with Balls not a woman...
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Haikhona!!!!!!!!!!!!
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RobinX
Papage; Olive Oyl would do a better job. Seriously though, just look around, man. The list is infinite. You are not only racist but sexist as well, though these do often go hand in hand.Report Abuse
Mosquer
What do you expect from Nomvula?Report Abuse
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