PHUTI MOSOMANE
THE National Treasury has announced it has withdrawn the exemption granted to Eskom, which had been a subject of controversy.
Last week, National Treasury announced that it has exempted Eskom from reporting irregular, wasteful and fruitless expenditure in its Annual Report.
Minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana told a joint Parliamentary Committee that because of the history of corruption in South Afriuca the public has taken an interest in the exemption.
“We appreciate that South Africans are quite aggressive and vigilant against corruption, which is going to be an important point for our society. We take that as a positive step,” he told the committee.
He said the national treasury had an intensive discussion with the Auditor-General of South Africa and said comments by A-G’s office will be part of the framing of the gazette going forward.
“In light of those comments and generally the comments by the public,
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