Department of Cooperative Governance, 24 January 2014 Minister Tsenoli welcomes SIU probe Lechesa Tsenoli, the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs has welcomed the President's proclamation directing the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) to investigate allegations of maladministration in connection with the actions of some in the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs. The Director-General of Cooperative Governance made this request to the Special Investigation Unit and as the law requires the President thankfully accepted this request. We look forward to a rigorous investigation that will enable the department to take legal action and institute other remedies as may be required," said Minister Tsenoli. "Corruption and maladministration set us back as a country. We recognise the need to address these serious allegations, so that the department can continue to provide leadership and set an example in good governance," said Tsenoli. The allegations to be investigated by the SIU relate to: . The appointment of a service provider to provide technical support and administrative services in respect of the Ward-Based Cooperatives Programme of COGTA. . Payments made by the department in a manner that was allegedly not fair, competitive, transparent, equitable or cost- effective; contrary to, among other things, legislation and policies. Issued by: Department of Cooperative Governance <http://www.cogta.gov.za/> From: http://www.gov.za/speeches/view.php?sid=43179 -- -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] . --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "YCLSA Discussion Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
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