PRESIDENT Cyril Ramaphosa has sent a stern warning to government departments and businesses providing goods and services, that South Africa will not stand for acts of self-enrichment at the expense of those who need relief – following a deluge of catastrophic floods in some parts of the country.
The President said this when he addressed a joint sitting of the National Assembly and the National Council of Provinces on Tuesday.
This comes after concerns that government funding to give affected citizens across KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape and Northern Cape the resources to respond to the disaster would be misappropriated or wasted.
“We have to ensure that all the funds used to respond to this disaster are spent effectively.
“It is a great source of shame that when this disaster struck, the most burning public debate was around fears that the resources allocated to respond to this disaster would be misappropriated or
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