Department of Defence recovers a measly R800 from fruitless and wasteful expenditure of R430 million
20 Marais 2024
Note to editors: Please find attached English and Afrikaans soundbites by Kobus Marais MP
The source of the chaos and dysfunction that has come to characterize the South Africa National Defence Force (SANDF) can be traced firmly to the Department of Defence (DoD) which has descended into a financial blackhole where taxpayer’s money is disappearing without a trace.
With the level of dysfunction in the DoD, it makes sense to place the Department under administration until order and a sense of accountability is restored. Failure to act now will lead to a summary collapse in the government’s ability to provide a working administrative service for our defence force.
In a shocking presentation before the Portfolio Committee of Defence and Military Veterans, the DoD’s Audit Committee revealed that the DoD raked up fruitless and wasteful expenditure of R430 million but has only been able to recover R800 (eight hundred rand). This represents a recovery rate of only 0.002%.