Two weeks ago‚ the agency was sent packing by the standing committee on public accounts (Scopa) for a “presentation (that) was vague‚ with no specific information” about irregular‚ fruitless and wasteful expenditure.
- State-owned entities in huge troublePoor management at Eskom‚ South African Airways (SAA)‚ the Post Office‚ state railway operator Prasa and the South African National Road Agency Limited (Sanral) has cost South Africans dearly and placed strain on the economy‚ the National Treasury has admitted.
Scopa chair Themba Godi said at the time that the committee was “shocked at the apparent lack of preparation” and “the chairperson of the board and the management of Sanral could not give answers to the questions asked by members of the committee”.
- SANRAL fights again to toll freeways in the CapeThe City of Cape Town has accused the country’s national roads agency of wasting taxpayers’ money on more litigation in its bid to toll sections of the N1 and N2 freeways.
He said the roads agency was instructed to gather all the necessary information‚ “including details of who is responsible for the irregular expenditure amounting to R1.1-billion and whether that amount has been recovered".
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