# The Freedom Front Plus says the City of Tshwane’s project management model needs to be reviewed to prevent tax money from being squandered in the future. Tshwane’s Strategic Asset Management Committee’s latest report reveals that 12.2-billion-rand is trapped in projects that have already been completed, are partially completed, or for which plans and payments […]
# The City of Johannesburg has welcomed the Johannesburg Stock Exchange’s decision to lift the suspension of the metro’s listed debt instruments. This follows the tabling of the metro’s annual report for the 2024/2025 financial year earlier this year, fulfilling a key regulatory requirement and restoring Johannesburg’s full compliance with the JSE debt listing requirements. […]
# Die Nasionale Vervolgingsgesag het bevestig dat ‘n dringende hofaansoek wat ingedien is om die uitvoering van lasbriewe vir inhegtenisneming te stop in die saak van die afpersingsbeskuldigde taxibaas, Madoda Johannes Sibanyoni, en sy medebeskuldigde, formeel teruggetrek is. Aanklaers het ‘n lasbrief van J50 vir inhegtenisneming verkry nadat hulle die saak, wat verlede maand deur […]
# The National Prosecuting Authority has confirmed that an urgent court application brought to stop the execution of arrest warrants in the case involving extortion-accused taxi boss, Madoda Johannes Sibanyoni, and his co-accused has been formally withdrawn. Prosecutors had obtained a J50 warrant of arrest after re-enrolling the case that had been struck off the […]
# Johannesburg’s Metrobus will reduce services from today as it grapples with financial pressures and rising diesel costs. In a notice to commuters, the bus operator says years of budget cuts, coupled with higher fuel prices, have forced it to scale back operations. The changes include reduced off-peak services on selected routes and fewer trips […]
# Public Works and Infrastructure minister Dean Macpherson has asked the National Treasury for guidance on launching an independent investigation into a controversial 70-million-rand lease agreement for a vacant building in Pretoria. A preliminary report found the Property Management Trading Entity approved the lease in 2023 despite plans to close the Department of Public Enterprises. […]
# The Madlanga Commission of Inquiry is set to resume hearings with KwaZulu-Natal Hawks head Major General Lesetja Senona expected to continue his testimony. Senona has been under scrutiny over allegations linked to organised crime figures, internal police conduct and the theft of cocaine from a Hawks facility in Port Shepstone. His return follows a […]
# The DA has criticised the Gauteng Health Department for failing to comply with a Gauteng Legislature motion to honor murdered whistleblower Babita Deokaran. The DA says the department missed a six-month deadline to report on plans to commemorate Deokaran’s legacy and has not consulted her family. Deokaran exposed corruption linked to Tembisa Hospital before […]
# An investigative report by News24 has revealed that businessman Ze Nxumalo allegedly financed a 3.5-million-rand private jet charter used by former Ekurhuleni city manager Imogen Mashazi for a three-day shopping trip to London in 2022. Reports claim payments were linked to companies holding lucrative municipal contracts during Mashazi’s tenure. Mashazi reportedly failed to declare […]
