Comment on the City’s revised Fraud Prevention and Whistle Blowing policies
29 July 2022
The City of Cape Town’s Fraud Prevention Policy and Fraud Response Plan,
as well as its Whistle Blowing Policy, have been approved for public
participation from 1 to 31 August 2022. All members of the public are
encouraged to have a look and comment. Municipalities are required to take all
necessary steps to reduce the risk of fraud, and the City is thus proactively
sharpening its policy tools to give effect to the administration’s zero
tolerance approach to fraud and corruption.
The overall purpose of the Fraud Prevention Policy is to detail responsibilities regarding the prevention and detection of fraud, corruption and other criminal activity, as well as maladministration by City staff, municipal entities, agents, contractors, suppliers or service providers.
'Public money and programmes must be safeguarded and cannot be lost to fraud and corruption. We are seeing, elsewhere in the country, how this destabilises government and society, and the devastating impact it has on service delivery. The updates to the Fraud Prevention Policy clarify the roles and responsibilities of everyone, from politicians, to staff to contractors and suppliers in the management of public funds. It reinforces the commitment of this administration to a zero tolerance approach to fraud and corruption. We must all play our part to reduce the risk of fraud and corruption and ensure that service delivery is protected at all costs. The City of Cape Town has no room for any fraud, corruption, criminal activity or maladministration, and will continue to do everything in its power to reduce the risks at all levels,' said the City's Mayoral Committee Member for Finance, Councillor Siseko Mbandezi.
The City's revised Whistle Blowing Policy has also been tabled for public comment and members of the public are welcome to have their say on the two policies, as well as the Fraud Response Plan, from 1 to 31 August 2022.
Public participation: comment between 1 and 31 August 2022
Visit www.capetown.gov.za/HaveYourSay for more information.
Written comments
Verbal inputs
- Phone: 0800 212 176 from 08:00 to 16:30
- For assistance to comment in English, Afrikaans or isiXhosa, please phone 0800 212 176
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City of Cape Town, Media Office
