According to the Health Professions Council of South Africa:
1. (a) Three (3) officials have been dismissed for committing fraud and/or corruption;
(b) The offences related to firstly accepting compensation in cash or otherwise, from an HPCSA stakeholder in return of assisting applicants with their registration and secondly the commitment of fraud with the HPCSA credit card; and
(c) The legal and disciplinary process costs to the HPCSA concerning these specified cases was R300 680.00.
2. Supply chain management policies were followed with the impugned transactions involving the 3 officials;
(a) Registrations and Finance Department
(b) The total amount of wasteful expenditure is R171 534.
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