Public works minister Patricia de Lille has pledged to allow MPs to study her personal bank accounts to prove she is not corrupt and did not benefit from tender irregularities related to the controversial R40m Beitbridge border fence.
The PFMA would have allowed for competitive bidding before the tender could be issued, a process not followed in the project intended to curb the illegal movement of people between SA and Zimbabwe to contain the spread of Covid-19.
De Lille said MPs were free to comb through her bank accounts to see she was not corrupt and had not recently received questionable sums of money.“I want to assure members that we're not trying to hide anything. If there's any allegation of corruption against the minister, like it's being made in public that the minister is corrupt, I am prepared to open up my banking accounts,” she said.
De Lille said while government procurement policies, including the PFMA, had barred ministers from issuing directives on tenders, she had every right to intervene whenever she picked up any wrongdoing.
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