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News24 reports that the Department of Public Service and Administration (DPSA) has hit a snag with lifestyle audits it launched in 2023, after it recently discovered it has no investigating capacity.
To resolve this setback, the department is considering partnering with the Special Investigating Unit, although this would incur additional costs. This was revealed by DPSA Minister Mzamo Buthelezi at an anti-corruption press briefing on Tuesday. Buthelezi said the department was also looking at putting together “a pool of highly skilled investigators [internally] to roll out the lifestyle audits But in this regard, we have a challenge as government because we do not have enough investigators who are actually skilled and trained to do this work.” The minister said the pool of investigators could also assist other departments that currently lacked investigators.
Buthelezi noted that lifestyle audits were one of the tools used to detect whether public servants were involved in any corrupt activities. Currently, the department’s lifestyle audits focus on national and provincial government officials, with annual audits targeting top and finance-related officials. Meanwhile according to the DPSA, when lifestyle audits were launched, there was a spike of resignations that could not be accounted for.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Siyamtanda Capa at News24 (subscription / trial registration required)
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