AG once again paints bleak picture of municipalities’ audit outcomes

[FILE IMAGE]: Auditor-General Tsakani Maluleke addressing the media after tabling her reports into the national and provincial governments. 2 minutes Auditor-General Tsakani Maluleke has made an impassioned plea that governance failures at municipal level should be dealt with, in an effort to improve audit outcomes of municipalities. Maluleke briefed Parliament’s Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs…

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Power cut-offs for indigent households suspended in Thembisa

Thembisa resident in the East Rand blockade roads. The City of Ekurhuleni has suspended electricity disconnections for indigent households in Thembisa in the East Rand. This as tensions rise over a planned community shutdown. Executive Mayor Nkosindiphile Xhakaza has announced urgent measures following consultations with ward councillors and community representatives over concerns about the city’s…

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KZN health unions not pleased with Ramaphosa’s SONA measures

A hospital examination room with an x-ray machine. 2 minutes Health unions in KwaZulu-Natal have expressed dissatisfaction with the measures announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa in his State of the Nation Address (SONA) regarding the delivery of healthcare to all South Africans. In his address, President Ramaphosa highlighted that, once fully implemented, the National Health…

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Usindiso building alleged arsonist case postponed

[File photo] Firefighters work at the scene of a deadly blaze at Usindiso building. 2 minutes The case of alleged arsonist Sthembiso Mdlalose, who stands accused of deliberately setting the hijacked Usindiso building on fire that claimed 76 lives in 2023, has been postponed to Wednesday after one of the two witnesses who were expected…

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Kimberley fraudster sentenced to 10 years in jail

File Image: Court gavel and a cone. 1 minute A Northern Cape woman has started serving her prison sentence for defrauding two municipalities of over R900 000 in 2021. The Kimberley Specialized Commercial Crimes Court found Simangele Sangweni guilty of fraud, forgery and money laundering and sentenced them to 10 years in jail. Sangweni submitted…

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