Provincial Public Protector's office to give report to SCOPA of the investigations on the R15 million spent on legal fees

The North West Provincial Legislature’s Standing Committee on Provincial Public Accounts (SCOPA) will be receiving a report on the findings of the investigations done by the Provincial Public Protector on the R15 million spent on legal fees by the Department of Finance.

SCOPA requested the Provincial Public Protector’s office to do the investigation after former MEC for Finance, Loiusa Mabe, the current MEC, Paul Sebegoe, and the Acting Head of the Department of Finance, Geo Paul, failed to give the committee a clear account of procurement processes followed in appointing Morake Attorneys, a company that has been paid over R15 million for a disciplinary hearing of the Department of Finance head.

The meeting will be held as follows:
Venue: Legislature Building, Committee Room 2
Time: 08h00
Date: Tuesday, 28 May 2013

Members of the media are invited to attend the meeting and they can contact Namhla on 079 527 0628 for further information.

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