An audit report has revealed that the Mpumalanga education department has been defrauded of R26-million because of toilets and water tanks that were never supplied, South African Broadcasting Corporation news reported on Tuesday.
According to the audit report by PriceWaterhouseCoopers, the contractors were appointed to build toilets and provide water tanks to schools used as polling stations during the last national elections.
The companies failed to deliver any of the services but submitted a false claim of R26-million to the government.
Thomas Msiza, the provincial education spokesperson, said action would be taken against those implicated in the scam. This included contractors, surveyors and government officials.
Msiza said they had referred the matter to the state attorney and also to the local police.
”I can assure you that we will move as speedily as possible and that it will not take us more than a month to take this matter to the disciplinary committee.” – Sapa