# Die minister van Samewerkende Regering en Tradisionele Sake, Velenkosini Hlabisa, sê munisipaliteite moet slegs begroot vir uitgawes wat deur beskikbare inkomste gefinansier kan word. Die Nasionale Tesourie gaan die oorblywende 7,1-miljard-rand van die 13,5-miljard-rand in gelykberegtigings-toelaes aan plaaslike regerings wat begin Julie teruggehou is, uitbetaal. Hlabisa waarsku munisipaliteite om nie onbefondsde begrotings goed te […]
# Die minister van Finansies, Enoch Godongwana, sê die Nasionale Tesourie moet die toepassing van finansiële bestuursvereistes balanseer met die nodigheid om te keer dat gemeenskappe die gevolge dra van munisipale instellings en amptenare se mislukkings. Die Tesourie gaan die oorblywende befondsing van 7,1-miljard-rand vrystel wat weens growwe finansiële versuim van munisipaliteite weerhou is. Godongwana […]
# Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Velenkosini Hlabisa, says municipalities should only budget for expenditure that can be financed through available revenue. This comes as the National Treasury will release the remaining 7.1-billion-rand of the 13.5-billion-rand in Local Government Equitable Share allocations withheld at the beginning of July. Hlabisa has warned municipalities to […]
# Minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana says the National Treasury must balance enforcing financial management requirements with the need to avoid communities carrying the immediate consequences of failures by municipal institutions and officials. This comes as Treasury will release the remaining 7.1-billion-rand in equitable share funding that was withheld from municipalities over serious financial failures. […]
# ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula says tackling the rising cost of living is the party’s top priority. Briefing the media, Mbalula called on the government to consider fuel levy relief to help reduce transport and food costs, as global conflicts are driving up oil and fertiliser prices. He also urged the government to prepare for […]
# ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula says the party has introduced a stricter process to select mayoral candidates ahead of the local government elections on 4 November. Mbalula told the media candidates are being screened, independently vetted and interviewed to ensure only competent and ethical leaders are chosen. He also announced that the ANC will launch […]
# The ANC believes the legal and parliamentary processes involving president Cyril Ramaphosa’s Phala Phala matter must be allowed to run their course. According to the party, the High Court in the Western Cape only paused, not cancelled, Parliament’s impeachment hearings while Ramaphosa’s court review is heard in September. ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula told the […]
# The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse says its preliminary investigation has uncovered serious procurement and governance concerns at the Insurance Sector Education and Training Authority. The organisation claims INSETA’s budget increased from about 20-million-rand to 443-million-rand in the 2024/2025 financial year. OUTA’s Rudie Heyneke also questions the appointment of a service provider, Mabophe Business Solutions, […]
# The Technology Innovation Agency has signed a partnership agreement with the Botswana Digital and Innovation Hub to strengthen innovation and technology development across Southern Africa. The agreement includes plans to establish a joint South Africa-Botswana innovation fund to support researchers, start-ups and small businesses. The two organisations will also work together on projects in […]
