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These are results of WCape cabinet lifestyle audits – Alan Winde

Report found that all ministers and their spouses led lifestyles commensurate with their income (with document)

Premier Alan Winde on lifestyle audits of Western Cape cabinet members

4 August 2020

When I became Premier last year, I committed to clean and open governance. One of my commitments was lifestyle audits for all members of my cabinet and I am pleased to say that I have received and studied the final report which shows that all members of cabinet and their spouses live a lifestyle in line with their income and that there were no conflicts of interest.

My commitment was that my cabinet would undergo lifestyle audits at the beginning of the term and again at the end, to ensure that no one is able to use their position on the provincial executive to enrich themselves.

These audits, conducted by Nexus Forensic Services, an independent contractor appointed through an open tender process, therefore covered a two year period from June 1 2017 up to 31 May 2019 (when the cabinet was appointed).

The audits included Intelligence Searches (BIS) on myself and all members of the cabinet and our spouses or life partners. It also included questionnaires and requested supporting documents for the declarations made on the questionnaires. Finally, Nexus analysed each members’ bank statements.

The final report found that all ministers and their spouses led lifestyles commensurate with their income during the two year period and did not pick up any conflicts of interest. They have however advised that the Director General, Harry Malila, should request members of the executive to declare interests in any dormant or non-active business entities, in line with best practice. In the interests of full transparency, the Director General will be doing this.

I am pleased by this outcome and that we have been able to complete this process. We may be in the midst of dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic, but we continue to deliver on government services and the commitments I made to the people of this province.

In my very first State of the Province Address, I said: "We will live and be held accountable to our values as a government and we will continue to build the capable state on this foundation." I thank my cabinet for submitting themselves to this process, showing their individual commitment to the values of a clean, open and transparent government.

Text of attached document:

NEXUS

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

LIFESTYLE AUDITS – WESTERN CAPE GOVERNMENT MEMBERS OF EXECUTIVE COUNCIL AND THEIR SPOUSES

12 JUNE 2020

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF FINDINGS

1.1. The Department of the Premier (DoP) requested Nexus Forensics Services (Nexus) to conduct comprehensive lifestyle audits and analysis of business interests of the 11 Members of the Executive Council (Cabinet) and their spouses’ / life partners for the period 01 June 2017 to 31 May 2019 (two years).

1.2. We conducted the investigation and requested information from the Cabinet members. We interrogated the information received and posed clarifying questions to the respective Ministers, where needed.

1.3. The below heat map provides a short explanation of our findings depicted in colour. We reflect the relevant colour after each individual.

Heat Map Colour

Description

RED

We identified an area(s) of concern

AMBER

We identified an area that needs clarification

GREEN

We did not identify any suspicious transactions or areas of concern that could have an influence on the ability to hold office.

1.4. We conducted Business Intelligence Searches (BIS) on all identified individuals. We distributed questionnaires and requested supporting documents for the declarations made on the questionnaires. We further analysed their bank statements and asked clarifying questions related to unknown deposits.

1.5. We include herewith a short summary of all the conclusions and recommendations made per Member and Spouse/Life partner.

High-level summary of conclusions and recommendations

Name and Surname

Conclusion

Recommendation

 

 

Premier Alan Winde

The Premier’s lifestyle commensuratewith his income.We did not identify any potential conflict of interest.

No recommendation

GREEN

 

Tracy Winde

Ms Winde’s lifestyle commensuratewith her income.We did not identify any potential conflict of interest.

No recommendation

GREEN

 

MEC Anton Bredell

MEC Bredell’s lifestyle commensuratewith his income.We did not identify any potential conflict of interest.

No recommendation

GREEN

 

Gertrude Bredell

Ms Bredell does not earn a salary.We did not identify any potential conflict of interest.

No recommendation

GREEN

 

MEC Sharna Fernandez

MEC Fernandez’s lifestyle commensurate with her income.We did not identify any potentialconflict of interest.

No recommendation

GREEN

MEC Albert Fritz

MEC Fritz’s lifestyle commensuratewith his income.We did not identify any potential conflict of interest.

No recommendation

GREEN

Diane Fritz

Ms Fritz is a pensioner and her lifestyle commensurate with her income.We did not identify any potentialconflict of interest.

No recommendation

GREEN

MEC Bonginkosi Madikizela

MEC Madikizela’s lifestyle commensurate with his income.We did not identify any potential conflict of interest.

No recommendation

GREEN

MEC Anroux Marais

MEC Marais’ lifestyle commensuratewith her income.We did not identify any potential conflict of interest.

No recommendation

GREEN

Erik Marais

Mr Marais’ lifestyle commensuratewith his income.We did not identify any potential conflict of interest.

No recommendation

GREEN

MEC David Maynier

MEC Maynier’s lifestyle commensurate with his income.We did not identify any potentialconflict of interest.

No recommendation

GREEN

Bronwen Maynier

Ms Maynier’s lifestyle commensuratewith her income.We did not identify any potential conflict of interest.

No recommendation

GREEN

MEC Nomafrench Mbombo

MEC Mbombo’s lifestyle commensurate with her income.We did not identify any potentialconflict of interest.

No recommendation

GREEN

MEC Ivan Meyer

MEC Meyer’s lifestyle commensuratewith his income.We did not identify any potential conflict of interest.

No recommendation

GREEN

Faeza Meyer

Ms Meyer’s lifestyle commensurate with her income received from MEC Meyer.We did not identify any potentialconflict of interest.

No recommendation

GREEN

 

MEC Deborah Schäfer

MEC Schäfer’s lifestyle commensurate with her income.We did not identify any potentialconflict of interest.

No recommendation

GREEN

 

Mark Schäfer

Mr Schäfer’s lifestyle commensuratewith his income.We did not identify any potential conflict of interest.

No recommendation

GREEN

 

MEC Tertius Simmers

MEC Simmers’ lifestyle commensurate with his income.We did not identify any potentialconflict of interest.

No recommendation

GREEN

 

Monique Simmers

Ms Simmers’ lifestyle commensuratewith her income.We did not identify any potential conflict of interest.

No recommendation

GREEN

 

ENDS

Issued by Western Cape Office of the Premier, 4 August 2020