# A Special Investigating Unit investigation has uncovered a 58-million-rand fraudulent land scheme involving the transfer of 208 Ekurhuleni municipal stands in Villa Liza near Boksburg. The investigation found the properties were transferred to private individuals between 2018 and 2022 without council approval, using allegedly forged rates clearance certificates and powers of attorney. SIU head […]
# World Bank senior financial sector specialist Laura Pop has told the Madlanga Commission that countries need vetting systems tailored to their specific risks, institutions and governance challenges. Drawing on more than a decade of anti-corruption work in Ukraine, Moldova, Kenya and Albania, Pop says one-size-fits-all models cannot address local corruption effectively. She says extraordinary […]
# Die ANC sê hy sal appelleer teen die uitspraak van die Verkiesingshof wat sy beswaar teen die uitsluiting van 181 kandidate in ses munisipaliteite voor die plaaslike regeringsverkiesing op 4 November van die hand gewys het. Die party hou vol die kandidate se inligting was voor die sperdatum op die OVK se elektroniese stelsel […]
# Die Departement van Elektrisiteit en Energie, die WNNR en die Wêreldbankgroep het ‘n strategiese raamwerk vir die ontwikkeling van aflandige windkrag in Suid-Afrika bekend gestel. Die bekendstelling was tydens die Afrika Groenwaterstof-beraad in Kaapstad. Adjunkminister Alexandra Abrahams sê Suid-Afrika se geografiese ligging sorg vir bestendige windtoestande langs die kus, wat geleenthede skep vir die […]
# Die Verkiesingskommissie het meer as vyf-duisend kandidate gediskwalifiseer van vanjaar se plaaslike regeringsverkiesing na ‘n statutêre hersieningsproses. Die diskwalifikasie het gevolg nadat nagegaan is of hulle behoorlik benoem en alle toepaslike deposito’s betaal is. Die hoof-verkiesingsbeampte, Sy Mamabolo, het aan die media gesê voorbereidings verloop volgens plan vir die verkiesing op 4 November:
# World Bank senior financial sector specialist Laura Pop has told the Madlanga Commission that a functioning judiciary alone cannot guarantee effective justice. Pop says weaknesses in system can undermine accountability and public confidence. She cites Kenya’s judicial vetting and Ukraine’s anti-corruption courts as examples of reforms aimed at addressing compromised institutions. Pop says extraordinary […]
# The ANC says it will appeal the Electoral Court judgment rejecting its challenge over the exclusion of 181 candidates in six municipalities ahead of the 4 November local government elections. The party maintains that the candidates’ information was captured on the IEC’s electronic system before the deadline, but technical problems prevented the final submission. […]
# More than five-thousand candidates have been disqualified from contesting this year’s local government elections following the Electoral Commission’s statutory review process. The disqualifications followed checks to confirm that candidates were properly nominated and that all applicable deposits had been paid. Briefing the media, Chief electoral official Sy Mamabolo said preparations for the 4 November […]
# Die Verkiesingskommissie het 136-duisend-790 kandidate goedgekeur om op 4 November aan die plaaslike regeringsverkiesing deel te neem. Groot metro’s soos Johannesburg, Tshwane en Ekurhuleni sal stembriewe met twee kolomme gebruik weens die groot aantal politieke partye. Die kommissie se uitvoerende hoof, Sy Mamabolo, het op ‘n nuuskonferensie gesê aansoeke om spesiale stemme sal 21 […]
