Deputy Speaker, President Zuma in his state of the nation address this year said:
We will pay particular attention to the combating of corruption and fraud in the procurement and tender processes.
We all supported the President's call. Again, the Minister of Finance repeated this call, asking Parliament to work together in fighting corruption in the public as well as private sector. We would like to receive an update on the progress made on this front, especially in government departments.
We should remember that recently our newspapers have been reporting on a range of corrupt practices. The Auditor-General also has a report on this problem.
Today we wish to ask what progress has been made with regard to a R55 million tender that was awarded to the Minister of Communications' company. The manager who manipulated the tender has been fired.
Now when are we going to proceed to recover the R55 million that is due to government, which was lost through this defective tender that was awarded to the Minister of Communications? The contract has been declared invalid and manipulated, therefore we must urgently move to get the money back.
We also want to know what action has been taken as a result of the malpractices and the corrupt and unacceptable conduct of the Minister for Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs? We are happy that today, at least, Cosatu has now come to the fore, and raised this matter of corruption. We want to know what progress has been made by the President as well as the Minister on this matter. [Time expired.]