# South Africa has delayed the first phase of its independent transmission projects procurement. The final request for proposals is now expected in the second quarter of 2027, instead of the third quarter of this year. The Department of Electricity and Energy and National Treasury say more consultations are needed with seven pre-qualified bidders. A […]
# The High Court in Pretoria has authorised a warrant for the arrest of former Defence minister and National Assembly speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula after she failed to appear in court in her corruption and money-laundering case. Her lawyers say she remains unwell, but no medical certificate was provided. Mapisa-Nqakula stands accused of soliciting corrupt payments […]
# COSATU has welcomed government assurances that retired military personnel and their dependants will retain medical cover. Defence and Military Veterans minister Angie Motshekga told Parliament that about 21-thousand main beneficiaries of the Regular Force Medical Continuation Fund will continue receiving full benefits. COSATU’s Matthew Parks says the fund faces a 166-million-rand shortfall. He calls […]
# The Randburg Magistrate’s Court has heard allegations about a night involving suspended SAPS Deputy National Commissioner Shadrack Sibiya and two girls, aged 16 and 18. An investigating officer known as Sergeant Ndlovu says Sibiya allegedly took the girls to a strip club before returning to a hotel, where he allegedly suggested a drinking game […]
# Public Protector Kholeka Gcaleka has found that former Ekurhuleni City Manager Imogen Mashazi committed improper conduct by appointing an unqualified official to a senior metro police position. The investigation found Ndumiso Gcwabe did not have the required NQF Level Seven qualification when appointed Deputy Chief of Metro Police: Security and Loss Control. Gcaleka says […]
# Public Protector Kholeka Gcaleka has cleared government’s spending of 46-million-rand on two feasibility studies for the proposed Moloto rail corridor, meant to link Mpumalanga and Limpopo with Tshwane. An investigation found both studies were legally compliant and served different purposes. The first, in 2007, cost 30-million-rand and the second, in 2012, 16-million-rand. Gcaleka says […]
# Public Protector Kholeka Gcaleka has praised her office’s performance, saying it has achieved a clean audit for the second consecutive year. Gcaleka says the institution’s case finalisation turnaround has improved to 89-percent, while matters taken on review through the courts have declined by 87-percent. She says the implementation of remedial action has risen to […]
# Public Service Commission chairperson Somadoda Fikeni has warned corruption and institutional failure in South Africa are not accidental. He was speaking at the South African Association of Public Administration and Management’s conference in Durban. Fikeni says it can become a business model for those who benefit from inefficiency. He describes this as a political […]
# Zimbabwean businessman and former chairperson and director of Moriel Infrastructure Group, Lawrence Mudzinganyama, has been granted 15-thousand-rand bail by the Randburg Magistrate’s Court in Gauteng. He faces ten charges, including intimidation, assault with intent to do grievous bodily harm, crimen injuria and fraud linked to an incident at a Sandton restaurant in Johannesburg. He […]
