Government committed to root out corruption
Government officials will not be allowed to do any business with the state from January 2017 - in another bid to root out corruption. This as South Africa is described as a 'high corruption risk jurisdiction.'
Government officials will not be allowed to do any business with the state from January 2017, according to the Department of Public Service and Administration.
It comes after the recent publication of the Public Service Regulations.
The governance and administration cluster revealed on Thursday since the inception of the anti-corruption hotline in 2004, government looked into over 18 000 cases which resulted in the dismissal of 1,694 civil servants.
Public servants were given until the end of the year to either resign from public office or step down from any position they might hold in private companies.
On Thursday South Africa was described as a "high corruption risk jurisdiction" after ENSafrica released the 2016 anti-bribery and corruption survey.
Spokesperson for the Department of Public Service and Administration Dumisani Nkwamba said the regulations is one of a number of measures to strengthen ethics within the public service.
"What the minister wants to do now is to ban public servants completely from doing business with the state," said Nkwamba.
While Nkwamba was unable to single out specific departments he added the public servants who have so far been dismissed all served in national departments.