Question $2$ Study the scenario below and answer the questions that follow. Sale of World Cup tickets in South Africa Consider the following statistics recorded by Star newspaper of expenditure on purchases of World Cup tickets:

$$ R$23$ million by SAA

$$ R$109200$ by the Public Investment Corporation on board members of the

$$ Government Employees Pension Fund and the Unemployment Insurance Fund

$$ R$2\mathrm{.}3$ million by the Development Bank of Southern Africa

$$ R$16\mathrm{.}7$ million by the Department of Trade and Industry

$$ R$12$ million by Eskom

$$ R$12\mathrm{.}5$ million by PetroSA

$$ R$1\mathrm{.}4$ million by the Central Energy Fund

$$ R$4\mathrm{.}5$ million by the City of Johannesburg

$$ R$4$ million by the Gauteng Provincial Government

$$ R$3\mathrm{.}3$ million by the SABC

$$ R$15$ million by the Mangaung Municipality Source: Debbie Thompson, D$.2020.$ Corporate Governance in the Private and Public Sectors Thompson Publishing. Required:

$2\mathrm{.}1$ Can such expenditure decisions be avoided in the future through the implementation of sound corporate governance practices and ethics management in the public sector?