The Beitbridge border fence, erected as an emergency measure to curb the spread of Covid-19, is being vandalised daily, but director-general of public works and infrastructure Sam Vukela told MPs it is serving its purpose.
The director-general said this despite his boss, minister Patricia de Lille, telling the same meeting of parliament’s public accounts watchdog that her senior management team was receiving daily reports of theft and vandalism thereof. De Lille also revealed that her department has been advised by its anti-corruption unit not to pay any more money to the contractor until investigations into the contract are complete. So far the department has paid R21m.
That border fence is a disgrace, to say the least. It is anchored in corruption, wrongdoing, favouritism and abuse. It cannot be right.The minister said she was prompted by thousands of questions from the public and the media to request the auditor-general to investigate the project. She did this in the public interest and to publicly account for what may have gone wrong.
“Something is amiss. The pieces of the puzzle don’t seem to be fitting. What we see there doesn’t give us the comfort, that you should have paid R37m,” he said. The EFF’s Veronica Mente questioned the quality standards the department applied in approving the fence.that her department would erect a R37m, 40km fence — 20km on each side of the Beitbridge border post — to ensure those crossing between SA and Zimbabwe did so legally.
None as privileged and entitled as those that believe they have the right to tell others what to do, what to say and even what to think or that they are above criticism, responsibility and accountability. lockdownSA
Maybe just abusing woman & children and stepping on other humans is the solution... treasonSA
Maybe just abusing woman & children and stepping on other humans is the sollution...
Years of neglecting our borders will not be fixed by a little fence...
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