CHARLES MOLELE
JUSTICE AND CORRECTIONAL Services Minister Ronald Lamola has come under fire from Parliament after it emerged that his department has failed to set up proper financial controls in the past financial year.
This comes after his department tabled a report before Parliament on Tuesday showing that it has recorded an irregular expenditure of a whopping R1.2bn due to poor performance.
The report further showed that the department has a vacancy rate of 23.4% at senior management level.
The Justice and Correctional Services Department was briefing the committee on its fourth-quarter performance for 2019-20 and its first-quarter performance for 2020-21.
The multiparty committee, which conducts oversight over the Departments of Justice and Correctional Services and its entities, spoke with one voice and expressed grave concerns about the “declining performance” of the department, going as far as describing it as “dismal”.
The committee also went as far as suggesting
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