# Die Randburgse Landdroshof in Gauteng het die Zimbabwiese sakeman en voormalige voorsitter en direkteur van die Moriel-infrastruktuurgroep, Lawrence Mudzinganyama, borgtog van 15-duisend-rand toegestaan. Hy staan tereg op tien aanklagte, insluitend intimidasie, aanranding met die doel om ernstig te beseer, crimen injuria en bedrog na ‘n voorval in ‘n restaurant in Sandton, Johannesburg. Hy het […]
# 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 […]
# Die adjunkminister van Elektrisiteit en Energie, Alexandra Abrahams, het met belanghebbendes vergader om vordering met die Meesterplan vir Hernubare Energie te hersien. Die komitee sluit verteenwoordigers in van die regering, die bedryf, georganiseerde arbeid en die hernubare energiesektor. Abrahams sê die energie-oorgang moet bekostigbaarheid en toeganklikheid vooropstel en die ekonomie ondersteun. Sy sê die […]
# 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 […]
# The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse welcomes Eskom’s decision to extend its waiver of registration charges for small solar systems of up to 50 kilovolt-amperes until further notice. However, the organisation argues the utility still insists registration is compulsory, even for safe home systems that don’t feed power into the grid. OUTA CEO Wayne Duvenage […]
# Die voorsitter van die Staatsdienskommissie, Somadoda Fikeni, waarsku korrupsie en ingewortelde mislukkings in Suid-Afrika is nie toevallig nie. Hy het die Suid-Afrikaanse Vereniging vir Openbare Administrasie en Bestuur in Durban toegespreek. Fikeni sê ondoeltreffendheid kan ‘n winsmodel word vir diergene wat daarby baat vind. Hy beskryf dit as ‘n politieke ekonomie van ondoeltreffendheid, waarin […]
# 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 […]
# Die minister van Binnelandse Sake, Leon Schreiber, het die eerste werkende prototipe van ‘n digitale identiteitsdokument aangekondig en regstreeks met sy eie besonderhede gedemonstreer. Die slim-identiteitskaarte bly beskikbaar, terwyl die digitale dokumente van biometriese bevestiging gebruik sal maak. Schreiber het ook bevestig dat die groen identiteitsdokument nie meer na 31 Maart volgende jaar vervaardig […]
