THE Standing Committee on Public Accounts said on Tuesday that it was not satisfied with the slow progress of investigations into corruption at the Department of Water and Sanitation, including its struggling water boards.
This comes few weeks after Minister Lindiwe Sisulu and the Department’s director-general, Mbulelo Tshangana, promised to take decisive action against officials responsible for corruption in the water department’s ranks.
Sisulu confirmed earlier in May that 161 cases of corruption are being investigated at the department and that there had been irregular expenditure of R16.6 billion for the 2018/2019 financial year.
SCOPA chairperson Mkhuleko Hlengwa said in a statement that the parliamentary committee has requested the department to furnish it with a detailed report which includes the full names of all implicated officials.
Hlengwa said the committee also planned on interacting with the Public Service Commission with regard to the movements of officials who either faced disciplinary
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