JOHANNESBURG - Gauteng is looking to eliminate tender corruption by going digital.
This is according to Finance MEC, Lebogang Maile, who released the province’s 2024/25 audit outcomes earlier.
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"I spoke about introducing a digitised procurement, so what we want to do is to eliminate human interference in the tendering system. So when you apply for a tender it is going to be digital, evaluations will be done digitally, you will be able to monitor it digitally and all that," Maile explained.
Maile says the provincial health department was the only one found to be financially non-compliant.
"Two departments have regressed, with education losing its clean audit and receiving an unqualified audit opinion while Sports, Arts, Culture and Recreation moved from an unqualified to a qualified audit opinion."
"Overall the analysis of the audit outcomes of 2024/2025 financial year showed that the Department of Health was the only department with non-compliance across all areas due to lack of effective internal control environment," Maile added