SOUTH AFRICA SHOULD BE MORE RESPONSIBLE WITH PUBLIC MONEY, SAYS AUDITOR GENERAL WHO DOES NOT PULL HIS PUNCHES
February 1st, 2017
SOUTH African auditor-general Thembekile Kimi Makwetu has half of his seven-term left in which to solidify his preferred legacy – restoring the reputation of his country’s public sector institutions as trusted bodies that accept responsibilities and whose leaders understand and fulfill their duties.
“Leaders institute policies and applications and must react against the deviances. Change in the public sector will only happen with a change of tone among the top structures that no longer absolves people from breaking the laws,” he told Accounting & ...
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