PSA wants Parliament to hold the Department of Correctional Services accountable [SOUND]

# The Public Servants Association is calling for urgent parliamentary scrutiny after the Department of Correctional Services received a disclaimer audit opinion for the 2025/2026 financial year. The audit outcome comes amid reported concerns about the department’s five-year food-supply contracting process, which reportedly involved 115 service providers and 66 nutritional products, at an annual cost exceeding one-billion-rand. PSA spokesperson Claude Naicke warns that the department cannot afford to ignore concerns about its financial management and procurement processes: