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Off-track: Prasa’s operating deficit has ballooned from R2.3bn to R8.3bn, with material losses of R1.3bn due to write-offs of property, plant and equipment. Photo: Prasa Group

State capture still stinging SOEs

Transnet and Prasa face financial, operational and governance challenges despite recovery efforts

The Hawks  has served warrants of arrests against director general at the department of health Sandile Buthelezi and two other senior officials,

Health director-general Sandile Buthelezi, two other officials arrested for fraud, theft

Buthelezi was previously implicated and later cleared in the Digital Vibes scandal

Tensions escalate: KZN provincial task team spokesperson Fanle Sibisi and coordinator Mike Mabuyakhulu. Photo: Sandile Motha

ANC decries ‘bullying tactics’ as cracks threaten KwaZulu-Natal governing coalition

Schism in the KZN provincial government over threat to place department under administration

(Graphic: John McCann/M&G)

ANC, DA square off over budget

The Democratic Alliance won’t back the budgets for the departments of higher education, human settlements and police

Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavhenini. (GCIS)

Cabinet invokes Public Finance Management Act to justify historic budget delay

Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavhenini said the postponement was necessary to address funding challenges within a constrained fiscal environment

Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana.

Cabinet spokesperson shoots down DA claims of Budget victory

The rand depreciated after the postponement of the budget speech to 12 March

The monarch suspended members of the board and its executives over the December holiday period and appointed a legal firm to take over its running. (Rajesh Jantilal/Getty)

Parliament wants to meet Zulu king over Ingonyama Trust Board crisis

MPs want the monarch to ‘hold back’ in attempts to suspend board members and its executives

King Misuzulu KaZwelithini. (Photo by Gallo) Images/Darren Stewart)

ITB leaders back at work despite ‘suspension’ by Zulu king

The monarch’s lawyer tried to stop board executives from entering the Ingonyama Trust Board premises but failed

Land Reform and Rural Development Minister Mzwanele Nyhontso. (OJ Koloti/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

Land and reform minister says King MisuZulu acted beyond his powers in suspending ITB members

Minister Mzwanele Nyhontso said the members of the Ingonyama Trust Board would therefore remain in office ‘until the minister decides otherwise’

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

Government wasted R38 billion in overspending, auditor general says

A disregard for the rule of law also saw the country lose R14 billion through payment of goods not received

Project Thusano was initially intended to focus on the maintenance and repair of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) operational vehicle fleet but has morphed to include expensive supplementary agreements such as training soldiers as medical practitioners and mechanical engineers in Cuba. Photo: Rajesh Jantilal/AFP/Getty Images

Department of defence still reviewing SA-Cuba agreements

It has been 19 months since then defence minister Thandi Modise said the bilateral agreement and its controversial sub-contracts were being assessed

The MEC said he had never received any funds from Pule Mabe. (Photo: X)

Gauteng Education MEC Chiloane implicated in Pule Mabe’s R27 million fraud case

The provincial government leader allegedly received R185 000 from the spoils of the tender

Panyaza Lesufi, Gauteng premier and co-convenor of the ANC in the province. Photo: X

Lesufi allegedly buried forensic report into R273 million school uniform corruption

The premier said he had released the report into the matter, but would not say when or where

Pule Mabe. File photo

Pule Mabe says he will plead not guilty in R27m tender fraud case

Mabe conceded that he may lose his NEC position due to the ANC’s step-aside resolution

The MK Party says it will oppose the Gauteng provincial budget after the ANC snubbed its requests on KwaZulu-Natal

DA accuses MK party of plotting to collapse service delivery in KwaZulu-Natal

The accusation comes after the MK party in legislature voted against the approval of all provincial department budgets in recent portfolio committee meetings

Blunder: Treasury director general Dondo Mogajane and Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana. (David Harrison)

Home Affairs blunder could cost taxpayers R500m

A liquidated company is fighting to get home affairs to pay the years old debt owed to them

Sewage flows in Scotts Farm, Makhanda (2024). Photo: Lucas Nowicki

The Fiscal Cliff | South Africa treads water over municipal budgets and crumbling sanitation infrastructure

Makana’s budget, and those of most municipalities, need monitoring and the corrupt and wasteful held to account

Eskom is awaiting government approval to get the 100 megawatts of power offered by the Mozambique energy ministry in July.

Eskom’s partial exemption from irregular expenditure denied

Godongwana’s decision follows 56 public comments covering a broad spectrum of accounting, auditing, governance, legal principles and public interest issues that were raised

Reliable power is essential for economic growth in key sectors such as manufacturing, where growth is vital for absorbing labour and addressing high unemployment levels. (Gianluigi Guercia/AFP/Getty Images)

Eskom U-turn on energy state of disaster and utility’s exemption

The two interventions have received major blowback with critics accusing the government of undermining public oversight

LONDON, ENGLAND – JULY 06: General view inside the stadium during the Premier League match between Tottenham Hotspur and Everton FC at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on July 06, 2020 in London, England. Football Stadiums around Europe remain empty due to the Coronavirus Pandemic as Government social distancing laws prohibit fans inside venues resulting in all fixtures being played behind closed doors. (Photo by Tottenham Hotspur FC/Tottenham Hotspur FC via Getty Images)

Tottenham Hotspurs R1 billion tourism deal ‘invalid and unlawful’

Tourism MInister Patricia de Lille said the mooted partnership with the English football team was also unconstitutional