THE government could have lost over M53 million through dubious contracts with suppliers for medical equipment, transport and meals during the Covid-19 lockdowns. The stunning revelation was disclosed during hearings conducted by parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) this week. On the hot seat on Tuesday was Health Services Director-General Dr ’Nyane Letsie who was grilled […]
A former principal secretary this week named former Prime Minister Moeketsi Majoro as the driving force behind a huge Covid-19 procurement scandal during a grilling by a parliamentary committee. Lefu Manyokole, the former principal secretary of Cabinet, threw Majoro under the bus as he sought to defend himself against allegations that he played a huge […]
PARLIAMENT’S Public Accounts Committee (PAC) is set to quiz 40 civil servants over procurement rot that happened during the Covid-19 pandemic. Government secretary Thabo Moleko has called the civil servants to prepare for the PAC grilling “about the queries raised in the Auditor General’s report for the financial year that ended 2020 and 2021”. In […]