Hon House Chairperson, we support the Vote. However, we want to indicate that we are concerned about the slow process of arriving at the cooling-off system for officials who do business with the state. That process has been dragging on and on without end.
We also want to raise the issue about senior managers' continued failure to declare their interests as they continue to do business with the department. That requires action by the Minister of the Department of Public Service and Administration.
We are also concerned about the issue of corruption and the slow pace of the recovery of money that has been siphoned by officials who have, in fact, corrupted the state. The provision of the Public Finance Management Act, PFMA, is not necessarily being implemented in terms of the recovery of the money, including in respect of unauthorised and irregular expenditure.