Parliament sends PetroSA packing

[schumi]

Cape Town - South African MPs on Tuesday sent officials from the department of energy and members of the Petro SA board packing after they failed to submit a forensic report into the R15 billion loss the state-owned oil company incurred.

Energy department director-general Thabane Zulu and his team had prepared a presentation on the forensic investigation into the multi-billion rand impairment for Parliament's portfolio committee on energy, but MPs rejected the presentation saying they wanted the full report.

“The report that deals with this is currently with the minister which will require some recommendations on the report that will need to be considered and I did raise the concern that to present on this might be slightly problematic having not had an opportunity to fully engage [the] ministry on that report,” Zulu explained.

“However, I felt duty-bound as the accounting officer to this committee to do a presentation that reflects on that report...whilst the other process is taking its course.” But, MPs across the political spectrum were not having it.

More at: http://www.iol.co.za/business/companies/parliament-sends-petrosa-packing-2081154

 

[REAList_1]

So Zuma cannot fight all the battles on all the fronts.
He's running out of friends it seems.

 

[Solarion]

There was this

2012 - Thabane Zulu's R1.4 million bribe
2015 - Energy department appoints controversial director general

And now this. See the pattern here? Get's caught out, shifted to another department. He will get caught out again, then shifted to another department again to do the same things under a different title. They are all in on it.

 

[hoenner69]

These people should be held accountable, not just a quick "you're fired", their accounts should be frozen, forensic audits, fraud charges, etc. R15Billion!? I mean, come on, it's not just chump change. It's this kind on corruption/mismanagement of funds that is crippling the economy. Take a look at that woman who sold all of our oil reserves for below market value, who approved that deal?
Just another day in Banana republic, if you can't beat them, join them...