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More than R300m in housing subsidies paid out wrongly
By Mariette Le Roux
Cape Town – MEMBERS of Parliament roasted the national housing department yesterday for lacking control over its subsidy system, resulting in irregular awards exceeding R300-million to government employees.
Parliament‘s standing committee on public accounts expressed dismay at the vagueness of answers from director-general Itumeleng Kotsoane and deputy Mziwonke Dlabantu regarding systemic loopholes.
“We did not get a sense that you are with us in terms of concern,” committee chairman Themba Godi said at the conclusion of a four-hour hearing. “You at senior level, you either do not see it or you are shielding these people.”