Contractors misuse mobilisation funds – gov’t

Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure Permanent Secretary (PS) Kgakgamalo Ketshajwang told the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) this week that the ministry is exploring possibilities to come up with mitigation measures to solve the problem.

Ketshajwang also said their challenge with contractors is that when they are given mobilisation funds, they think such funds are not part of the project. He said that in the process of delivering the project, the contractors realised that they should not have used such funds. He said that as the ministry, they are now looking at youth development, where they facilitate youth and citizen contractors to avoid the misuse of funds and abandoning projects.