DG clears department of corruption claims
A review by the director-general of the department of transport into allegations of Covid-19 procurement irregularities found no evidence to support claims that companies owned by people linked to senior managers had benefited.
Director-general Alec Moemi told City Press that, as the accounting officer, he personally verified that all procurement processes were in compliance with the required legal prescripts.
Because public transport posed a major risk in terms of the spread of the Covid-19 virus during the national state of disaster and the lockdown period, the department even had a responsibility to
