Johnathan Paoli
President Cyril Ramaphosa said that the expected lifestyle audits for members of the executive and public servants has been delayed and that this delay could prove pernicious for the government, looking ahead.
The President was in Parliament on Tuesday, as part of a question and answer session with members of the National Assembly, on a broad range of issues including lifestyle audits, attacks on the judiciary and the strategy for the devolution of the passenger rail.
President Ramaphosa said that lifestyle audits of public servants have been compulsory since 2021, and that as of March this year, over 11,000 public servants in the national government have undergone the process.
The president said the Office of the Director-General in the Presidency and Secretary of the Cabinet spearheaded the process and was initiated institutionally towards the end of last year.
Ramaphosa confirmed that while members of the executive, including himself,
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