ESP Payments Continue
Source: Supplied Wednesday, 10 March 2021 08:16 AM
More than half of the approved recipients of the Economic Stimulus Package (ESP) program has been processed to date.
This is according to the ESP Implementation Oversight Committee.
The Committee reveals that 86 percent of the approved applications for projects under the Fisheries Sector together with approved recipients who are Copra buyers have been processed to date.
Over 80 percent of the payments towards recipients who were approved under the Tourism sector have also had their payments processed whilst 70 percent of Kava recipients have been processed.
All approved recipients under Honey and Noni projects have already received their payments.
Wale Calls for Transparency on Allegations Against Reassigned ESP Officer
The Opposition Leader goes on to say, “I am concerned that reassignment in this case may only mean the transfer of an entrenched culture of malpractice or corruption in the public service from one point to another.
Source: moneyweb.co.za Thursday, 18 February 2021 14:02 PM
Leader of the Opposition, Hon Matthew Wale says the government continues to say one thing and do exactly the opposite when it comes to taking a strong stance against malpractice or corruption within the public service.
The Opposition Leader made this statement in response to revelations by the Permanent Secretary for Finance and Chair of the Economic Stimulus Package Committee, who stated that disciplinary action had been taken against one of their officers who was caught committing what they described as discrepancy actions in the implementation of the controversial stimulus package.