1.0South Africa Gazettehttps://southafricagazette.comshadminhttps://southafricagazette.com/author/shadmin-s/AG highlights national departments' fruitless and wasteful expenditure concern - South Africa Gazetterich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="wn5rsF9hoK"><a href="https://southafricagazette.com/ag-highlights-national-departments-fruitless-and-wasteful-expenditure-concern/">AG highlights national departments’ fruitless and wasteful expenditure concern</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://southafricagazette.com/ag-highlights-national-departments-fruitless-and-wasteful-expenditure-concern/embed/#?secret=wn5rsF9hoK" width="600" height="338" title="“AG highlights national departments’ fruitless and wasteful expenditure concern” — South Africa Gazette" data-secret="wn5rsF9hoK" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> Parliament’s Standing Committee on Appropriations has expressed concern at revelations that the payment of service providers by national departments was the main contributor to fruitless and wasteful expenditure.This was on Friday revealed to the commi...