State employees conduct R8 billion ‘business’ with government
17 April 2018
Minister of Finance, Nhlanhla Nene, has revealed shocking statistics which show that 2 704 state employees were actively doing business with National and Provincial government Departments during the period 1 April 2017 to 31 January 2018, to the tune of R8 billion.
Minister Nene made the revelation in the Public Procurement Review report which he tabled in Parliament on Friday, 13 April 2018.
The DA will be writing to the SCOPA Chairperson, requesting that he summon Minister Nene and the Minister of Public Service and Administration, Ayanda Dlodlo to account for this gross violation of the Public Service Act and the Public Service Regulations of 2016.
Public servants doing business with the state were, through the 2016 Public Service Regulations, given a deadline of 31 January 2017 to either resign from the public service od relinquish their business interests.