The Eastern Cape government has rubbished the Public Protector’s claims that the provincial government misappropriated R3 million during former President Nelson Mandela’s funeral in December 2013.
The damning report was released last week after three years of investigation.
Provincial spokesperson, Sonwabo Mbananga says though they agree with the suggested remedial action cited in the report, they are not happy with some issues in the report.
Mbananga says they they have written to the Public Protector informing them that they are seeking a legal review of the report.
He says: “Where we differ with this report is the insistance that what we are talking about with regards to the total expenditure around the funeral is R300 million, that one is up rightly false.”
“As audited by the Auditor General, the total expenditure of the funeral was R35.9 million. We have difficulty with some of the determinations and language in it which is why we have written to the public protector informing her that we seek to have a legal review of the report,” adds Mbananga.
