Gauteng Premier David Makhura says he could save billions of rands more from corruption and wasteful expenditure "if we look deeper". He said corruption and wasteful expenditure in government absorbed resources that should have been used for the delivery of services."Corruption and wasteful expenditure in government is not a rumour, it is real," Makhura told the provincial congress of trade union federation Cosatu in Johannesburg."Since we have stopped catering services for government meetings we have saved R160-million - and we can save billions if we look deeper," he said.Makhura said he was committed to clean governance."We have fired several officials, including heads of department, for corruption and incompetence."Some of those we fired threatened to go and report us to the ANC but we know that the ANC will not defend them."On e-tolls, the Gauteng premier said the fight was not over."When we intervened we did not achieve what we hoped for but it does not mean we are going to stop fighting," he said.When Makhura took office his first assignment was to deal with the implementation of e-tolls in Gauteng and subdue the resentment of the system by the province's people.After a number of public hearings, Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa intervened and changed the e-toll tariffs.Last week the mayor of Johannesburg, Parks Tau, said he would fight any attempt by the SA National Roads Agency to toll municipal roads.Makhura said his government had made progress in education but there were still problems in health and human settlements...