Thursday, October 19, 2006

Housing fraudsters could get amnesty

An amnesty for those who have committed housing subsidy fraud is in the pipeline, South African housing director general Itumuleng Kotsoane said on Thursday.

He was addressing a media briefing at Parliament on the national housing picture and on backlogs.

During question time it emerged that plans were in place to request a presidential proclamation allowing for an amnesty process.

“We don’t want to send through the amnesty … a sign that corruption pays and that there will always be amnesty,” he said, in reply to a question about some 43,000 public servants who were allegedly involved in housing subsidy fraud… IAfrica.com Business News

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