'Officials are not prepared to face the risk of the auditor-general’s WRATH [emphasis added] for purchasing a solution that does not comply exactly with the specifications or produce the required result.' 

As an ex-accountant I can say auditors don't 'do' wrath - they're calm and professional. This shows again Zille is deeply biased against auditors and ignorant of the work they do. Their purpose is to review, by examining on a test basis - 'audit' - financial statements are free of misstatement and financially related procedures have been followed. They don't draft those procedures and implement accounting systems - that's management's responsibility, which the audit report confirms. Ditto innovative solutions is management's prerogative.

If Zille and government in general don't like supply chain and other regulations, laws and policies, change it. But don't blame the auditor who is just the messenger. Does the patient blame the doctor for giving her bad news the tests revealed?