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The SIU has referred an investigation into a R25 million irregular procurement of generators for the Boikhutsong pump stations in Ditsobotla Local Municipality to the Special Tribunal, after inflated pricing and procurement breaches involving Rensch Trading CC were detected
BOIKHUTSONG PUMP STATIONS

SIU flags inflated generator prices in R25m Ditsobotla contract probe

The SIU has referred a R25 million generator procurement investigation involving Ditsobotla Local Municipality to the Special Tribunal after uncovering inflated pricing,…

  • Lunga Mzangwe
4 min read
Increasing value-added tax shifts the weight of systemic dysfunction to households already buckling under the pressure of inflation and economic exclusion. (Delwyn Verasamy, M&G)
AUDITOR GENERAL

Water boards battle to pay suppliers because municipalities don’t pay the boards

Sedibeng Water took almost five years to pay its creditors, Lepelle Northern Water took over a year, Amatola Water took 283 days and Mhlathuze Water 160 days

  • Sheree Bega
8 min read
In a forgiving mood: President Cyril Ramaphosa’s (left) emphasis of the good former health minister Zweli Mkhize (right) has done betrays a level of tolerance for unethical behaviour that is endemic in the ANC. (Kopano Tlape)
ANC

Ramaphosa’s unbalanced assessment of Zweli Mkhize ‘an insult’

Desperate to claw back the public’s trust, the president missteped and betrayed his own weak understanding of ethics and the meaning of leadership

  • Zama Ndlovu
6 min read
Auditor-General, Tsakani Maluleke.
AUDITOR GENERAL

Leadership failures blamed for collapsing local government

Municipalities are in dire straits, and the auditor general says many may no longer be viable at all

  • Athandiwe Saba
6 min read