Health Minister Joe Phaahla says Auditor-General Tsakani Maluleke was conducting an audit in the department when she found there were irregularities in the Digital Vibes contract.
He admitted to MPs there were lapses in the department and they did not pick this up earlier.
“It’s quite clear there were some failings in terms of internal mechanisms, in terms of internal audits and the external audit. The fact that this was picked up by the Auditor-General, and subsequently soon after that there was a whistle-blower reporting to the SIU. “That is why a few weeks after Ngubane and associates were appointed, the SIU indicated that they have been briefed by a whistle-blower and they also made a submission then to the president to be granted the authority to go further into investigation and the president duly gave that authority and signed the proclamation giving authority to the SIU to investigate this matter,” Phaahla said.
However, when Covid-19 broke out, the scope was then changed to handle communication around the pandemic.Political Bureau
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