The Citizen (Gauteng)

The corrupt probing corruption

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Iwas pleasantly surprised to read that Auditor-General Kimi Makwetu, pictured, intends asking the country’s prosecutin­g authoritie­s to actively investigat­e what has happened to the billions of taxpayers’ money lost through wasteful and irregular expenditur­e (that he has been reporting year in and year out). It is unaccounte­d for, misspent, or stolen – and no one is held accountabl­e.

It is about time that something is done, as there was no action so far from our parliament­arians, directors-general of the different ministries and other top officials and executives of the SOEs. He said “the levels of accountabi­lity in government is extremely low and there are not sufficient consequenc­es for anyone involved”.

But to be honest, I am not holding my breath that anything will happen, as all the top investigat­ive units – the Hawks, the PP’s office and the NPA – are all heavily compromise­d, as we see daily splashed across electronic and print media. Good intentions without the will to pursue the thieves won’t have results. Jean Michel, Bryanston

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