State funerals: SIU finds invoices were doubled, interns approved inflated costs
A probe into the state funerals of former minister Edna Molewa and poet laureate Professor Keorapetse William Kgositsile found that invoices were"doubled" and interns were allowed to procure goods and services.
On Wednesday, the Special Investigating Unit briefed the Standing Committee on Public Accounts on the Department of Public Works' parliamentary prestige programmes and shared details of its investigation into problematic state funerals. The high cost of state funerals has been under the spotlight since it came to light that the government had overspent on three state funerals, which cost taxpayers R76 million.South Africans need to be in the know if we want to create a prosperous future. News24 has kept the country informed for 25 years, and we're about to enter a new chapter of fearless journalism. Join our free subscription trial to unlock this story and a world of news aimed to inform, empower, and inspire.
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