The Civil Society Working Group on State Capture has called for the accountability of criminals fingered in the State Capture Commission of Inquiry led by acting Chief Justice Raymond Zondo.
The group says that the recent unrest and looting in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng is a direct result of the criminality of the State Capture actors and that not only the rioters and looters needed to face the law, but also those implicated in corruption at the commission.
The organisations say that the capacity of state institutions has already been weakened and that the effect of the looting will have far-reaching effects that go beyond just financial consequences.
Siyamthanda uses newspapers to make fire for cooking. She only cooks once a day because of the drawn-out process. Leftover food is eaten in the morning to prevent it from becoming rotten. Nomzamo is among the few townships in Soweto that have had no electricity for the past eight months. Some residents have adapted to living without electricity. Photo: Rosetta Msimango/ City Press
The DA has called for National Treasury to be held accountable for its “lax” oversight which has led to the misappropriation of billions of rands in electricity grant funding.
The money was set aside and given to municipalities to roll out free basic electricity to indigent households in the 2019/20 financial year.
New report lays bare problems with govt s free electricity access policy The study interrogated how the situation had worsened over the past two decades, tracking large gaps between the funding provided and the number of households who benefited from it. Picture: Pexels.
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JOHANNESBURG - A new report by the Public Affairs Research Institute (Pari) said that of the 10 million poor households meant to be receiving free electricity, 5.5 million did not receive this while 2.5 million others were not connected to the electricity grid.
The study interrogated how the situation had worsened over the past two decades, tracking large gaps between the funding provided and the number of households who benefited from it.