DA wants a special inspector-general to watch over Covid-19 funds
(World News South Africa)

The DA has proposed the creation of a special inspector-general office with sweeping powers in the National Treasury to oversee the expenditure of billions of rand of Covid-19 relief funds to prevent fraud and corruption in real time. Auditor-general Kimi Makwetu has taken proactive steps for his office to monitor the spending of R230bn of the Covid relief funds by national and provincial departments. Makwetu`s department will be checking on internal controls to see whether they are strong enough to prevent fraud and corruption. But the DA does not believe that this is sufficient,...