If the four-year Zondo inquiry into state capture is to be worth a billion rand, the NPA has to bring those who looted the country to book. Yet it has performed inadequately for more than a decade
More parties than ever will share the country’s 400 parliamentary seats
The elusive Jooste is set to appear in Parliament on Wednesday to answer questions from MPs
This week, three Transnet executives, including CEO Siyabonga Gama, were served with suspension notices
Public officials who routinely find loopholes to siphon money out of government coffers may soon find themselves in the dock
The tender deadline was originally postponed from February 28, and risks being postponed again.
The Hawks have told the Standing Committee on Public Accounts that the report contains ‘nothing’
The minister told opposition parties that decisions regarding the assembly of new cabinet should be left to the president of the republic
Acting Hawks head Yolisa Matakata told parliamentary watchdog Scopa it is investigating matters related to “state capture” at Transnet.
The raids were conducted under the direction of the Special Commercial Crimes Unit, and were part of IPID’s investigation into Phahlane.
Scopa chairperson Themba Godi said he received a letter on Monday from Transnet board chairperson Linda Mabaso requesting a postponement until January
The parastatal is taking media reports based on the recent #GuptaLeaks very seriously and have begun conducting internal probes into the six deals.
Five months now remain for Sassa to find an alternative service provider to handle the core aspects of the grants scheme.
Scopa has raised a concern surrounding the government’s reliance on consultants, says a report, after some departments spent billions on consultants.
Parliament’s public accounts watchdog committee, Scopa, will question public works on the upgrade of President Jacob Zuma’s Nkandla homestead.
It is "scandalous" that the ministry of rural development does not know how much land the state owns, says Scopa’s chairperson, Themba Godi.
President Jacob Zuma announces an inquiry in to the arms deal — but will it just be a "sweetheart commission"?
It was not known why the probe into the arms deal was closed, as the Hawks failed to respond to queries from Scopa, the committee’s chairperson says.
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/ 27 October 2010
The tepid statement made by the Hawks reveals the pitfalls of creeping hegemonic power.
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/ 17 October 2010
The DA will ask the Standing Committee on Public Accounts for an urgent special hearing into the termination of the investigation into the arms deal.
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/ 30 September 2009
Parliament needs to be given extra powers to take action against lying officials, the chairperson of Scopa said on Wednesday.
Party leader Letlapa Mphahlele denied that he was centralising power and dismissed suggestions that he wants to run the party without a constitution.
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/ 13 February 2008
A resolution to open up the arms deal to further discussion was shot down by the standing committee on public accounts (Scopa) on Wednesday. Democratic Alliance MP Eddie Trent, who brought the proposal, finally withdrew it and agreed to the suggestion that the committee merely look into what progress has been made in implementing Scopa’s recommendations.
The Pan Africanist Youth Congress of Azania (Payco) has called for Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) president Letlapa Mphahlele to step down, accusing him of destroying the party. Payco president Hulisani Mmbara said on Wednesday: ”[Payco] has reached a conclusion that the [PAC] is facing a serious leadership crisis.”
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/ 15 September 2007
As the floor-crossing window drew to a close on Saturday, sole Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) representative in the national legislature, Motsoko Pheko, denounced the floor-crossing practice as ”political prostitution”. ”Floor-crossing cheats voters — it robs them of the mandate they have given to a political party of their choice,” he said.
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/ 4 September 2007
The embattled Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) has suffered a further blow with the defection of its deputy president Themba Godi and two MPLs to the newly formed African People’s Convention (APC). Godi’s move to the APC was announced by National Assembly Speaker Baleka Mbete at the start of proceedings on Tuesday.