The water and sanitation department attained an unqualified audit outcome for the 2018/19 financial year, its first in four years and just its second in 15 years.
She said they had to turn around a perception of financial mismanagement where most of the department's top officials at national and municipal level were under investigation but that there was no urgency in dealing with the problems.
“In total, R16,6bn is regarded by the AG as irregular expenditure. This is what we inherited. The department lost R1,7bn in fruitless and wasteful expenditure,” she said. We do intend to turn the fortunes of the department around and make sure we have as clean a record as possible.The minister acknowledged concerns around the water boards saying the emphasis has always been on lack of consequence management and lack of proactive investigations and a hands-on approach to some of the matters.
“As you know, the two water boards where we have been investigating have responded in a way that is completely outside the prescripts of the public service,” she said.
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