COSATU applauds minister's crusade against corruption
The Congress of South African Trade Unions hails the Minister of Human Settlements for his battle to unearth corruption in housing projects.
This move by Comrade Tokyo Sexwale is exactly the sort of bold initiative that COSATU and all honest South Africans have been calling for.
The national audit task team investigation have examined 10246 housing projects, identified "the top 10 dodgy contracts in each province" and then narrowed them down to 20 contracts, each worth R100million.
The Department has revealed that thousands of houses have been condemned for poor workmanship, some of which would have to be destroyed and others fixed at a cost of millions of rands of public money.
1910 government officials who had unlawfully benefited from housing subsidies have been arrested and 1297 of these prosecuted. One conveyancing attorney in KwaZulu-Natal alone had been charged with 142 counts of fraud and theft.