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The GA revealed Wednesday that more than 1,500 directors of companies doing business with the state received grants during the pandemic.
Auditor General Tsakani Maluleke presented the second audit report of the COVID-19 relief fund in Pretoria on December 9, 2020. Image: @ SAgovnews / Twitter.
JOHANNESBURG – Auditor General Tsakani Maluleke said authorities would try to recover the millions of rand intended to help poor South Africans deal with the COVID-19 lockdown that were stolen by greedy scammers.
The GA revealed Wednesday that more than 1,500 directors of companies doing business with the state received grants during the pandemic.
The South African Social Security Agency said that all named beneficiaries were being investigated and that an appropriate debt recovery process was being planned.
Maluleke said there was a similar trend in disbursements made by the tourism aid fund, but auditors were told that doing business with the government did not necessarily disqualify beneficiaries.
The auditor general’s ongoing special audit looks at how the R500 billion was spent for the response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Maluleke said that the culture of non-compliance in government must be eradicated: “If funds had been better managed, if there had been internal controls and disciplines in place, we could have ensured that the R3.5 billion did not go away and now we are spending time and effort to try to recover it. “
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