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Vice President of the Supreme Court Raymond Zondo.
- Supreme Court Vice President Raymond Zondo has raised concerns about PPE’s corruption tenders.
- He says the corruption continues and “nothing ever happens.”
- This week, Auditor General Kimi Makwetu released damning findings on Covid-19 aid funding.
The chairman of the state’s capture inquiry commission, Supreme Court Vice President Raymond Zondo, has raised concerns about reports of rampant looting in the purchase of personal protective equipment (PPE).
“My concern is that it seems that a lot of people in the country don’t really care who has what powers when it comes to wrongdoing,” Zondo said during the appearance of ANC deputy Vincent Smith, who testified in Bosasa. trouble on Friday.
Zondo’s comments came after Smith said there was a public finance management law that “is very clear on how public funds should be spent and the consequences of that.”
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Smith added that Parliament had given the Auditor General extensive powers after 2013 in which he had the ability to raise matters with law enforcement.
“I think that would be a deterrent and no minister in the future will not want to be found wanting to be referred to SIU or whatever the case may be. I think that is the step in the right direction,” he said.
Evidence
But Zondo said the commission had been sitting since 2018, listening to evidence of wrongdoing and corruption.
“You would not think that the kind of corruption that we are being told about with regard to the PPE would be occurring.
“But it’s like you say. Nothing will happen, so we can continue normally, nothing will happen and it can be people who look around and say ‘what happened to whom?’ – People do things and nothing ever happens. So we will do them, nothing will ever happen. “
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He said this was “quite disturbing”.
“I mean, if what you read in the media about the corruption of the EPP [it] it’s frightening “.
Zondo added that this was happening at a time when the country had police agencies specialized in corruption “but people just don’t care.”
This week, Auditor General Kimi Makwetu released damning findings on Covid-19 relief funds detailing the extent of the rot surrounding the PPE tender procurement processes, News24 reported.
His office found clear signs of overpricing, unfair processes and possible fraud in public procurement.
Makwetu said that the pre-existing deficiencies in the governance processes of the southern chain were enforced through the introduction of allowed emergency procurement processes for PPE.
