Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma. Picture: Twitter/@NationalCoGTA
Critics have pointed out that the national state of disaster declared under the Disaster Management Act has opened up state resources for plundering and abuse, because of the lax controls of emergency procurement.as government begins its first phase of the Covid-19 roll-out.
This was justified in the case of the Covid-19 pandemic, he added, where interventions had to be made quickly. “Government, therefore, needs to allow for more direct and real-time scrutiny in order to manage the risk of further abuse of state funds in Covid-19 expenditure.“There needs to be far more transparency about the tender process at every step of the way, starting with who the applicants are, so that the public can start scrutinising and raising flags where we see the risks appearing.