Don t politicise and racialise corruption at Eskom - Mabuza The deputy president said they wanted to get to the bottom of all corruption claims at Eskom, but would not focus on race. Deputy President David Mabuza visits the Biovac Institute in Midrand on 2 March 2021. Picture: GCIS.
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CAPE TOWN - Deputy President David Mabuza said that political parties must avoid politicising and involving race in corruption allegations at Eskom.
He’s been receiving briefings on claims and investigations into the power utility and has vowed to get to the bottom of them.
Mabuza on Thursday answered oral questions in the National Council of Provinces (NCOP).
Denel officials on Wednesday briefed members of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Accounts on its annual report for the financial year 2019/20 and responded to questions related to SIU investigations.
Denel CFO Carmen le Grange said that they had managed to repay outstanding employee salaries, but some divisions, such as Denel Dynamics and Denel Vehicle Systems continued to experience severe constraints.
Raising serious concerns about spiralling medico-legal claims against the Eastern Cape Department of Health, Eastern Cape MEC for Finance Mlungisi Mvoko said on Wednesday as he tabled his budget that the payouts of damages due to medical negligence for the past financial year totalled R920-million.
He said unused funds from other departments had been reprioritised to assist the struggling department.
“These litigation [costs] are a burden. They are compromising government’s ability to render services. We are hard at work to fix this. Multi-pronged teams and strategies, involving the Office of the Premier, Provincial Treasury and Health have been set up to deal with this burden. These teams and strategies seek to improve our capacity on administrative systems, legal, clinical and budget aspects.