City of Tshwane spending on Covid-19 homelessness relief created a “field for pillage”
6 October 2020
In a leaked investigative report the DA has learnt that there were mass instances of irregular spending, financial and governance management failures an alleged corruption in the City of Tshwane’s spending on Homelessness relief during lockdown.
When the country went into level five lockdown the ANC administrators failed to follow legislatively prescribed supply chain processes in the appointment and management of service providers to support the homeless.
The process was instead rushed, with no proper appointment letters in place or scrutiny of invoices or the costs that were being incurred by these service providers. These service providers are now trying to recoup the funds from the city.
However, a leaked investigative report now shows that this entire process was a total shambles. Recommendations from the report indicate the following: