A report by the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Board has detailed how millions of dollars are being lost at the regional bloc’s secretariat.
The audit report has exposed deep financial management failures, weak controls, procurement irregularities and a persistent running into millions of dollars as well as inability by secretariat to implement the regional bloc’s decisions.
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