PERSONAL loans to staff, unauthorised payments, unaccounted expenditure, vanishing equipment, misuse of funds and lack of proof of payment are some of the allegations of corruption and maladministration at Gauteng schools. PERSONAL loans to staff, unauthorised payments, unaccounted expenditure, vanishing equipment, misuse of funds and lack of proof of payment are some of the allegations of corruption and maladministration at Gauteng schools.The DA yesterday called on education MEC Panyaza Lesufi to release forensic reports into audits conducted at 158 schools, some instituted for investigation as far back as the 2009/2010 financial year.This follows the release this week by Lesufi of a forensic report that revealed allegations of rampant corruption by former officials at Glenvista High School in Mulbarton in the south of Johannesburg.DA Gauteng education spokes-man Khume Ramulifho said he knew of other cases where school staff worked in gardens or cleaned pools at the homes of principals while being paid by the school.At another school, the principal paid himself R5000 every month in addition to his monthly salary.Ramulifho said the MEC would ensure those implicated were charged and money owed to schools was reclaimed if he were serious about rooting out corruption. A reply submitted by Lesufi last year revealed about 30 principals had been implicated in corruption. Schools under investigation include township and suburban primary and high schools. The Times is in possession of a report by the Gauteng education department that probes financial irregularities at a Soweto school at which further investigations and a forensic audit were recommended in March.Some of the findings include lack of proof of payment, cheque requisitions being signed by a recipient, not the financial officer, and unaccounted for expenditure.Results from a Corruption Watch online survey this year revealed that financial mismanagement accounted for 37% of reported corruption at schools.Responding to the DA's call for the reports to be released, the Gauteng education department said it would "comply with any request that will not have an adverse effect on service delivery and the provision of quality education to all learners in Gauteng".However, the department said it would not be possible to release all the forensic reports conducted over the past five years because it entailed printing about 20000 pages and three weeks of regular work by staff would be delayed in order to print, package and bind the report. ..