Western Cape Education Department

There is a big push to keep crooked government employees from seeping back into the civil service after they were found guilty of crimes related to their ...

However, two were as a result of tipoffs using the particular department’s internal tip-off line. “If they are found guilty in the criminal justice system, then they have a conviction. He said the PFS followed up the matters every quarter with the Hawks to establish the status of the cases and also to establish whether there is any further assistance that the PFS can provide. As for the cases finalised between 1 April, 2021 - 30 September 2022, there was one of alleged corruption at the health department which was investigated with the outcome that there was fraud and irregularity to the tune of R217 850 in a case of possible irregular expenditure. The two still open are a departmental referral from the department of transport and public works, involving alleged corruption and fraud and the other involves alleged financial irregularities which was sent to the PFS as a Western Cape Education Department (WCED) departmental referral. The departments involved were health, education and agriculture, with three of the cases linked to the Department of Health.