No, indeed, we thank the General for this advice.]
Accounting officers are protected against unlawful instructions or directives and ...
... uninzi lwawo xa luthandabuza ukuba lo myalelo awukho semthethweni ayamxelela uMphathiswa njengentloko yezopolitiko ukuba ayisayi kulunga loo nto. Ngokuchubekileyo aye amcele uMphathiswa ukuba awubhale phantsi loo myalelo ingabi yinto ethethwa ngomlomo ukuze kubekho into ebhalwe phantsi neza kugcinwa ukuze inike ubungqina. Kusetyenzwa ngolo hlobo, mkhuluwa wam. Enkosi. (Translation of isiXhosa paragraph follows.)
[... a lot of them, when in doubt about the legitimacy of this instruction, inform the Minister as the political head that this is not going to materialise. They ask the Minister, in a more professional manner, to write the said instruction down so that it can be recorded and archived as proof instead of having it only verbally. That is the way of doing things, my brother. Thank you.]