Johannesburg - National Treasury has discovered about 12 000 dead people in its register of companies that do business with the state.

This is among the outcomes of a clean-up of the information system that the Treasury’s procurement office undertook as the government battles to rein in spending, said Schalk Human, the unit’s acting head. It has also identified about 14 000 state employees who are listed as directors of companies that have been awarded state contracts in violation of regulations.

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