Chairperson, I hereby give notice that on the next sitting day of the Council I shall move on behalf of the DA:
That the Council -
1) notes that R346 million of public money was stolen by civil servants in the past financial year, according to a report by the Public Service Commission;
2) further notes that the figure of R346 million is the highest recorded in five years, representing a 346% increase compared to R100 million in 2008-09;
3) acknowledges that most of the fraud in 849 cases was committed by government officials in provincial departments, while national departments were responsible for 286 cases;
4) further acknowledges that 259 cases were committed in KwaZulu- Natal, whilst the Mpumalanga and Northern Cape provinces reported the least number of cases, namely 24 and 20 respectively; and
5) notes that the report criticised the government for not robustly pursuing criminal prosecution and stated that failure to institute criminal action may encourage further acts of financial misconduct.