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SA’s vanished R1.377-trillion — the cost of compliance without delivery

Every year, billions of rands intended for clinics, roads and clean water vanish into a black hole of administrative compliance that delivers zero actual value to South African citizens.

  • South African government lost R1.377 trillion in five years due to wasteful spending
  • R31.84-billion to R35-billion classified as fruitless and wasteful expenditure
  • Front-end and back-end failures cause money to disappear in government financial process

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