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Falling apart: The AG report has raised concerns about the municipality’s ability to continue operating as its debt spiral deepens and service delivery stalls. Photo: Lunga Mzangwe

Mathjabeng in financial freefall

The Free State municipality is facing severe fiscal distress, with liabilities exceeding R5.8bn and a R871.6 million deficit, says Auditor General Tsakani Maluleke

Ithala SOC Limited chief executive Thulani Vilakazi

‘We are no VBS,’ says Ithala Bank chief executive Thulani Vilakazi

The KwaZulu-Natal state-owned bank is working to overcome its regulatory and legislative issues

MisuZulu kaZwelithini. Photo: Darren Stewart/Gallo Images

Ingonyama Trust Board may drop residential lease appeal

The board is also considering closing Ingonyama Holdings

King MisuZulu kaZwelithini has dismissed Inkosi Malusi Zondi from his position as the Zulu kingdom’s royal chancellor alongside Nododile Ndamase, who served as chief director in the king’s private office.

Ingonyama Trust Board gets a new chairperson

The nomination of Inkosi Thanduyise Mzimela by the Zulu king clears the way for a permanent board to be appointed

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.

Ingonyama Trust Board is unaccountable: Parliament

Land Reform Minister Thoko Didiza says a new board will be in place by mid-January

Irregular expenditure at Postbank rose by R118 million in the 2021-22 financial year

Postbank’s irregular spending rises by R118 million

Poor leadership and accountability hindered the entity from developing proper procedures to deal with those responsible for mismanagement and fraud

The trust’s officials couldn’t say how the money was invested because the information was not forthcoming from the ITB’s investment wing. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

AG, parliament want answers on R31-million Ingonyama Trust Board ‘loans’

The trust’s officials couldn’t say how the money was invested because the information was not forthcoming from the ITB’s investment wing

Auditor-General, Tsakani Maluleke.

Failing State: Only 16% of SA’s municipalities get clean audit

Less than one in five municipalities received a clean audit for 2020-21