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Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Dean Macpherson says the Expanded Public Works Programme is too important to be captured by corruption.
AGSA

eThekwini pushes back as Macpherson halts EPWP funding over corruption claims

eThekwini says it is cooperating with investigations into EPWP corruption, including claims of “jobs for sex” and ghost workers

  • Lyse Comins
4 min read
Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure Dean Macpherson
AGSA

EPWP funding to eThekwini halted over ‘jobs for sex’ and ghost beneficiaries scandal

Public Works Minister Dean Macpherson has suspended EPWP funding to eThekwini after an Auditor-General report exposed ghost beneficiaries, irregular payments and allegations of…

  • Lyse Comins
6 min read
Distress: A bridge (above) north of Durban was one of many destroyed by the 2022 floods. Infrastructure to roads alone is estimated at R5.6-billion. (Marco Longari/AFP)
AGSA

Public protector probes 2022 KZN flood relief efforts

The auditor general found KwaZulu-Natal only spent R251 million of the R5.8 billion budget designated after the disaster

  • Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik
3 min read
Andy Mothibe has been appointed as the new national director of public prosecutions. File photo by Paul Botes
AGSA

Municipalities still stalling on Special Investigating Unit recommendations

The Special Investigating Unit is owed R986 million by the state institutions it has investigated

  • Des Erasmus
4 min read
Auditor-General, Tsakani Maluleke.
2021 2022 LOCAL GOVERNMENT AUDIT OUTCOMES

Only 38 municipalities receive clean audits – AGSA

Although Maluleke’s report found fewer municipalities received disclaimer outcomes, there were consultant-fee disparities and an increase in critical council vacancies

  • Des Erasmus
4 min read