Fraud And Corruption


Anti-Fraud and Corruption Strategy


Chapter 2 of Section 195 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, Act 108 of 1996 [as amended] which deals with the Bill of Rights. The Constitution describes one of the values of founding provisions as Human Dignity, the improvement of the quality of life of all citizens. Section 195 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, Act 108 of 1996 [as amended] which provides normative basic value principles for public administration including a high standard of professional ethics must be promoted and maintained. In terms of Section 62 of the Municipal Finance Management Act, Act No. 56 of 2003 (MFMA) the Accounting Officer of a municipality is responsible for managing the financial administration of the municipality and must for this purpose take all reasonable steps to ensure that unauthorized, irregular or fruitless and wasteful expenditure and other losses are prevented. The Internal Audit Unit reviews the implementation of the Action plans/ Activities on a quarterly basis and report to the Risk Management Committee and Audit Committee.

✓ To protect an employee from being subjected to occupational detriment on account of having
made a protected disclosure;
✓ To provide for remedies in connection with any occupational detriment suffered on account of
having made a protected disclosure; and
✓ To provide for procedure in terms of which an employee can, in a responsible manner, disclose
information regarding improprieties by his or her colleagues, other stakeholders and employer.
✓ To encourage employees to report the matters as set out in the provisions of the policy by
providing procedures and mechanisms for such reporting as well as ensuring that employees who
make such r