Letter: Fire corrupt officials

DA PR Councillor Roy Naidoo of Darnall writes:

Auditor General Kimi Makwetu last month released a report painting a bleak picture of our national, provincial and local government audit outcomes.

The outcomes show that irregular expenditure by government departments and state-owned entities has reached R62 billion, an increase of about R10 billion. This shows government is not serious about running a clean administration.

At the centre of all this corruption, our accounting officers seem not to take us seriously. They are audited every year and yet don’t improve.

I assume this is being done because there are no consequences.

We expect those in positions of authority to improve themselves and run a clean government. Most of the mismanagement of funds is driven by supply chain managers and other government employees who work in cahoots with their families and friends to do business with state.

If this is not attended to, our fight against corruption will be in vain. Then we will be living in darkness. There are some who are trying hard to deal with the scourge of corruption, but it will be difficult to do this alone.

I am saying we need committed public servants and all of us to win this war. The best way to fight this is to fire all accounting officers who have not received clean audits and recall all political heads in those departments and entities.

We can’t have a situation where municipalities fail to provide clean audits. While many senior politicians allegedly have benefited from corruption, very few have been taken to court where their innocence or guilt can be determined. The country is desperate for charges to be brought against those suspected of crime so we can at last find the truth. That’s the first step to ridding ourselves of those who’re betraying the nation.

God bless South Africa.

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