The Eastern Cape government has taken a decision to publish details relating to Covid-19 procurement and said it had already procured goods to the value of about R1.2 billion in the province. | AlexMitchley
The Eastern Cape government has decided to publish details of Covid-19 procurement in the province.
In a statement on Monday, Eastern Cape Finance MEC Mlungisi Mvoko said the decision to publish details around the procurement was done to maintain accountability, transparency and ethical behaviour.Mvoko explained that due to the nature of Covid-19, National Treasury was forced to relax some regulations to allow for the expedient procurement of supplies, such as personal protective equipment , needed to fight the pandemic.
Mvoko said of the total amount, R1 191 685 986.95 related to orders placed by departments, while R8 022 916.06 million related to orders placed by entities.In the Eastern Cape, the top items procured included gowns, thermometers, N95 masks and sanitisers.
"Our plan is to start providing reports on the completed investigation starting by end of August 2020.""We must also indicate that similar mandates have also been given to the Auditor-General of South Africa and the Special Investigation Unit, with immediate focus being to identify the transactions that are additional to normal procurement for review.
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