The emergency procurement of personal protective equipment and protective clothing has been ended and institutions must revert to open procurement processes.
Mogajane also said they have had discussions with Auditor-General Kimi Makwetu on what to look for in the auditing of finances.
Mogajane said they wanted to ensure that the new Procurement Bill went through Parliament and review the Public Finance Management Act and the Municipal Public Finance Management Act. Addressing MPs earlier, Mboweni said Mogajane had issued the necessary instructions about the procurement of required material for the fight against pandemic, in particular PPE and related items.
He said he would have a meeting with Finance MECs on Thursday to establish if tender processes were followed in Covid-19 tenders. DA MP Geordin Hill-Lewis said Mboweni had not responded to their proposal for an inspector-general's Covid-19 and that it was inevitable that corruption would take place.ANC MP Kenny Morolong said: “We are interested in consequence management."
Mogajane said they would publish the contracts that were awarded. He would not say if an official had been disciplined over Covid-19 contracts other than anecdotes."There is no case to demonstrate to date except information gathered and evidence put together."
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