Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Dean Macpherson has vowed to tackle corruption by conducting unexpected oversight visits at its offices to expose unethical practices, after the Auditor-Generals (AGSA) report found irregular expenditure of R521 million in the last financial year.
Macpherson said this earlier today, following his meeting with Auditor-General Tsakani Maluleke on the departments performance for the 2022 and 2023 financial year.
This comes after the Auditor Generals office disclosed last week that only 20% of the department's planned targets were achieved in the 2022 and 2023 financial year.
It was further revealed that about 107 projects were significantly delayed, with a total expenditure of R3.9 million.
Some of the delays are attributed to the poor performance by the contractors appointed by the department.
