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English:
The Competition Commission should be a watchdog - a safety mechanism protecting consumers from exploitation, from having to pay too much, and ensuring that there is a fair playing field.
My concern is that, by not having effective oversight over this department for a period of time, we are effectively not looking at the interests of South Africans as the end-of-line consumers. It is
not just the cost of irregular expenditure or hiring the wrong people; it is the end-of-line consumers that have been fielding these impossible prices and the unfair playing field for a period of time.
What steps and systems are you going to put in place to ensure that this is not going to happen again? Also, what can be learnt from this that can be rolled out across other departments and entities so that we are proactively addressing this and ensuring that the end- of-line consumers are looked after?