Parliamentary committee calls for stronger consequences following Public Service lifestyle audits [SOUND]

# Parliament’s portfolio committee on the Public Service and Administration has called for stronger evidence that lifestyle audits are leading to disciplinary action and criminal prosecutions where wrongdoing or corruption is established. It received briefings from Public Works and Infrastructure, Human Settlements, Health, Water and Sanitation, Home Affairs, and Agriculture. Chairperson Jan de Villiers says restoring public trust requires departments to demonstrate wrongdoing is being addressed through appropriate disciplinary measures, and criminal proceedings where warranted: