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Parliament probes Stellenbosch University as cracks in system show

While management at Stellenbosch University projected stability and excellence, students, auditors and internal oversight bodies warned of chronic debt, unsafe housing, National…

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

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

Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure Dean Macpherson

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…

Transnet faced intense scrutiny in Parliament as MPs raised concerns about rising debt, weak governance and persistent audit failures in spite of signs of recovery

Transnet grilled in parliament over debt, governance failures and audit concerns

Transnet faced intense scrutiny in Parliament as MPs raised concerns about rising debt, weak governance and persistent audit failures in spite of signs of recovery

The office of the Auditor-General of South Africa says there has been an improvement in financial controls at the Services Sector Education and Training Authority

Financial controls improve at Services Sector Education and Training Authority

The country’s 21 Sector Education and Training Authorities were at the centre of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s axing in July of former higher education minister Nobuhle Nkabane

President Cyril Ramaphosa. (@myANC/X)

DA governs the best-run municipalities, Ramaphosa tells ANC councillors

The ANC leader said it also hurts him to see that some municipalities run by the party were ‘being run backwards’

Watershed: The Lesotho Highlands Development Authority building in Maseru. Photo: Sechaba Mokhethi

How South Africa’s Lesotho water project costs ballooned by R45bn

Political and administrative delays, treaty complications and changes in government leadership contributed to the jump

Auditor general Tsakani Maluleke has repeatedly made recommendations to improve municipalities’ performances but to little effect. Photo: GCIS

There’s a crisis of accountability in local government

Revitalise municipal accountability by ensuring the effective implementation of the auditor general’s recommendations

The Namibia Stop 8 Housing Project in Inanda, eThekwini, started in 2019, but to date only this RDP house has been completed. Photo by Tsoanelo Sefoloko

R120 million and 12 years later, eThekwini delivers three substandard houses to residents of Inanda’s Stop 8

The Auditor General of South Africa said the project cost had ballooned by R143 million because of poor planning and project management

Former President Thabo Mbeki (Getty Images)

Use state power and deliver services in Gauteng to regain votes: former president Thabo Mbeki

ANC chair Panyaza Lesufi says the party has to respond to its electoral losses

Former Ingonyama Trust Board chairman, Jerome Ngwenya. Photo: David Harrison

Court battle looms over R71m ‘missing’ from Ingonyama Holdings

The ITB wants Jerome Ngwenya to hand over the financial records of its investment company, but he has refused

Auditor-General, Tsakani Maluleke.

Auditor general  breaks down damning NSFAS report for portfolio committee

The student aid scheme has in the past received qualified audit opinions, but most recently received an adverse opinion because of shambolic internal controls This content is…

‘Test land tenure in court’

Ingonyama Trust Board bankrolled Zwelithini’s lavish lifestyle

The ITB bought the late Zulu king a R2.9 million BMW, paid his tax bills and legal fees, as well as the royal family’s transport and accommodation

Mbombela executive mayor Sibongile Makushe.

ANC members want SIU probe in Mbombela

Group wants dubious transactions as far back as 2015 investigated

eThekwini mayor Mxolisi Kaunda. (Photo by Gallo Images/Darren Stewart)

eThekwini rescue bid finally starts

The team brought in to deal with the financial and administrative morass will present a report once it has been introduced to councillors

Mandla Msibi

After seven years of ‘curtailment measures’, Mbombela’s R160m overtime bill is increasing

The municipality has failed to implement nearly 500 council decisions since 2016

Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development Minister Thoko Didiza has finally appointed a full nine-member Ingonyama Trust Board, which will be headed by King Misuzulu ka Zwelithini’s nominee, Thanduyise Mzimela.

Thoko Didiza appoints new Ingonyama Trust Board to administer land for Zulu king

The appointments are to go ahead despite a revolt by Mangosuthu Buthelezi and axed board chairperson Jerome Ngwenya

Forner ITB chairperson Jerome Ngwenya. Photo: Supplied

Development billions promised to Ingonyama Trust ‘go missing’

A European ‘investor’ was meant to have made an initial transfer of R12 billion into the board’s South African Reserve Bank account

King Misuzulu ka Zwelithini. Photo: Supplied.

King Misuzulu ka Zwelithini steps in over missing Ingonyama Trust R41m

The monarch wants transparency and public participation in the land body’s operations and finances

This stinks: An auditor general’s report on the state of the city of eThekwini’s finances found the city’s leadership unwilling or unable to maintain sewage plants, among other failings. Photo: Deon Raath/Gallo Images

Auditor General red flags eThekwini as city falters

Although the city seems to be stabilising politically, it is heading for an uncertain financial future