Another useless cadre

[McSack]

Tensions between Defence Minister Lindiwe Sisulu and Parliament rose further still on Tuesday when she failed to appear before the public accounts committee (Scopa) to face questions about the department's financial woes.
...because she had to accompany President Jacob Zuma on a two-day state visit to Uganda starting on Thursday.

The defence department has in recent weeks been grilled by Scopa and the portfolio committee on defence over its latest qualified audit, the ninth in a row, and its failure to provide MPs with clear information on what went wrong and how they were fixing it.
...
The minister has also been criticised by the opposition for failing to respond to written questions in Parliament on time or in full and failing to oblige the defence portfolio committee with a briefing on the combat readiness of the SANDF.
...
the defence ministry's strategic three-year plan lacked "credible vision" of what the military should be doing and was more than a decade out of date.
linky

Baby Jesus, Mary, Joseph and the Donkey !
NINE qualified audits in a row and a strategic plan that's more than a decade out of date. Will ever see any form of competence from goverment in this country... or even the teensiest amount of accountability.

 

[McSack]

... what really psses me off is that funds are being wasted on a bunch of useless idiots in the defense ministry and on top of that equally [-]useless[/-]toothless oversight commitee

 

[icyrus]

Baby Jesus, Mary, Joseph and the Donkey !
NINE qualified audits in a row and a strategic plan that's more than a decade out of date. Will ever see any form of competence from goverment in this country... or even the teensiest amount of accountability.

No

 

[Ronjay]

It's really fishy that the only Govt Dept that works is SARS. Every single other Dept is a complete FAIL. It's all about the money.

 

[McSack]

It's really fishy that the only Govt Dept that works is SARS. Every single other Dept is a complete FAIL. It's all about the money.

... yet it seems that even SARS, the last bastion of government competence are only "selectively efficient"

 

[Ricard]

It's really fishy that the only Govt Dept that works is SARS. Every single other Dept is a complete FAIL. It's all about the money.

SARS is the lifeblood of the Govt Departments.. The govt will never miss an opportunity to take cash from the public/business.

 

[Ronjay]

... yet it seems that even SARS, the last bastion of government competence are only "selectively efficient"

Yea, you are right, but there selective efficiency isn't incompetence, just efficient corruption.

You know, just for once, I would like to click on the current affairs section and read some good news. Like Malema killing himself with that carpentry tool he didn't learn to use. Or Zuma screwing himself to death, instead of always these kind of threads.

 

[grayston]

You know, just for once, I would like to click on the current affairs section and read some good news. Like Malema killing himself with that carpentry tool he didn't learn to use. Or Zuma screwing himself to death, instead of always these kind of threads.

Well, some opposition parties are currently thinking about maybe investigating the possibility of perhaps forming an alliance or a coalition or something Real Soon Now(tm)...

Sorry. It's the best we've got. ;-)

 

[DigitalSoldier]

You know, just for once, I would like to click on the current affairs section and read some good news. Like Malema killing himself with that carpentry tool he didn't learn to use. Or Zuma screwing himself to death, instead of always these kind of threads.

I can just imagine the day something like that happens. You go to a bar and somewhere in the back you hear Malema killed himself and then suddenly the owner of the bar says drinks on the house.

 

[Kloofvreter]

SARS is the lifeblood of the Govt Departments.. The govt will never miss an opportunity to take cash from the public/business.

They have always been very efficient and never missed an opportunity to give me back taxes owed to me

 

[WilD_CaT]

They have always been very efficient and never missed an opportunity to give me back taxes owed to me

I would argue that since all tax money is mine the first place I should get back every cent from SARS.