STAFF REPORTER|
THE Office of the Auditor General of South Africa says out of 41 national departments, 21 of them incurred R1.52 billion in fruitless and wasteful expenditure in the past five years.
On Friday, the AG briefed the Standing Committee on Appropriations on the national departments that have consistently incurred fruitless and wasteful expenditure over the past five years.
The AG Tsakani Maluleke said that the biggest contributors to this large sum are the departments of Defence at R460.09 million, National Treasury at R339.47 million, Basic Education at R106.85 million and Tourism at R92.59 million.
“In terms of spending, 21 of 41 national departments, or 51%, incurred fruitless and wasteful expenditure for the past five years,” the office submitted to Parliament.
“Most of the wasteful expenditure occurred in procurement, payment and resource management.”
The Auditor-General said that 29 per cent of national departments are in good financial health, 62
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