Gauteng accounting officers commit to clean and ethical governance
Welcoming delegates to the seminar, MEC Mamabolo said “clean audits, ethical governance and moral leadership should underpin” everything that is done to manage the operations of government in Gauteng.
The Gauteng MEC for Finance, Jacob Mamabolo hosted the clean audit and ethical governance seminar at Ubuntu Kraal on March 29.
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Under the theme, “Promoting the culture of accountability in Gauteng”, officials together with members of the executive committee signed a pledge, committing to uphold and influence the culture of accountability and good governance in the province.
Welcoming delegates to the seminar, MEC Mamabolo said. “Clean audits, ethical governance and moral leadership should underpin everything that is done to manage the operations of government in Gauteng.
“We want to promote the culture of accountability in Gauteng. We want to deal decisively with the culture of impunity. The money that we allocate for service delivery in Gauteng should be managed in the most ethical way.”
Addressing the event, Gauteng Premier, Panyaza Lesufi reiterated government’s commitment to root out corruption in supply chain management.
“We are also taking a firm decision about our supply chain skills and the rotation of staff in the supply chain units across our departments in the province.
“You cannot have a supply chain manager that wants to be an assistant director for the rest of their lives, even when there is a promotional post they don’t even apply for that position,” premier Lesufi said.
He added that they have supply chain managers that live two lives, and they cannot have supply chain managers that do not want to take lifestyle audits.
“We don’t want supply chain managers that are captured by service providers rather than the government that they serve.
“We have taken a firm position that the HOD and the Treasury Department must ensure that every supply chain manager in our government can be accounted for based on their skills, earnings and most importantly based on their lifestyle,” said Lesufi.
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In addition to Premier Lesufi, MMCs of Finance, Heads of Departments and Chief Financial Officers, the seminar was attended by the Chairperson of the Gauteng Ethics Advisory Council Dr Terence Nombembe and the Office of the Auditor-General.
They were joined by over 250 senior government officials responsible for finance, risk, audit and supply chain management.
Representatives from the private sector also attended the event including organisations such as the Chartered Institute of Government Finance Audit and Risk Officers (CIGFARO) and the Chartered Institute of Business Accountants (CIBA).
