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PSP under fire

Tuesday, July 29, 2025 | 670 Views |

Permanent Secretary to the President (PSP), Emma Peloetletse, appeared before the ongoing Public Accounts Committee (PAC) yesterday (Monday) morning, where she engaged in a heated exchange with Gamalete Member of Parliament (MP), Boniface Mabeo.

During the exchange, Mabeo put it to Peloetletse that there is rampant corruption within the civil service under her watch; moreover, no action is being taken.

Before Mabeo, it was MP for Maun East Goretetse Kekgonegile, who asked the top civil servant if she was aware of the many accounting officers who are either being investigated or on the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime's (DCEC) radar.

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