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Some R50m ‘lost’ by govt in year
Tue, 14 Aug 2007
More than R45.6-million was lost by national and provincial government departments due to financial misconduct in the 2005/2006 financial year, the Public Service Commission said on Tuesday.
Releasing the commission’s report on financial misconduct in government departments, PSC Chairperson Stan Sangweni said there were 771 reported cases of financial misconduct.
This was more than the 513 cases of the previous financial year, while the amount lost came down from R331-million in 2002/2003.
Of the R45.6-million lost, only R3.2-million was recovered, with many departments reporting they were still in the process of recovering money.
Corruption
Sangweni said the figure of money lost might even be higher as not all government departments reporting to it had disclosed the amounts related to financial misconduct cases.
Cases involving fraud and theft made up 64.7 percent of the cases reported. Corruption, irregular expenditure, gross negligence and misappropriation were also reported.
The Land Affairs Department lost R20-million through financial misconduct while the Treasury lost only R154.84, which was recovered.
The Eastern Cape was the province with the highest number reported cases of misconduct followed by the Western Cape with 75.
Provincial departments in Gauteng reported only six cases of misconduct.
The report covers financial misconduct cases reported to the PSC covering 34 national department and 105 provincial departments.
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