The Portfolio Committee on Correctional Services has raised alarm over what it described as shockingly inflated prices paid by the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) for basic food items, warning that the issue points to serious failures in procurement oversight and supply chain management.
The committee was briefed on Tuesday about the department’s ongoing renegotiation of contracts for perishable and non-perishable goods after officials uncovered excessive pricing on several items supplied to correctional facilities across the country.
Among the most startling revelations was that the department had been paying between R672 and R726 for a single litre of cooking oil under existing contracts. Following renegotiations, the same product will now cost between R26 and R29 per litre.
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