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/ 3 September 2004
A number of senior MPs, including Joyce Kgoali, chairperson of the National Council of Provinces (NCOP), and African National Congress chief whip Mbulelo Goniwe, have business interests they have not declared to Parliament, as required by law. In some instances, the companies in question are doing business with the government or are planning to do so.
The good, the bad and the average. The government’s new five-year national skills development strategy will be thrashed out in October at an indaba hosted by the Department of Labour and involving business, civil society and government representatives. The Department of Labour has praised some Setas for exceeding their targets and criticised others for missing them. We take a closer look.
A new probe into the finances of the Mpumalanga Department of Public Works, Roads and Transport has found that the department is riddled with rot. Now the Mail & Guardian has obtained a copy of a 90-page draft forensic report, the findings of which seem to suggest that the department has made no progress in cleaning up its act. The provincial minister has left, but the controversy continues.
<img src="http://www.mg.co.za/ContentImages/41909/10-X-Logo.gif" align=left>With just over 88,2% of votes captured by early Friday morning, the African National Congress has nearly garnered 70% of the votes. With the preliminary count updated at 3am, the ruling party was heading the national race with 9,39-million of the votes counted, which translates into 69,67% — continuing to make gains on its apparent two-thirds majority.
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Despite being disillusioned about the lack of service delivery in their area, residents of Diepsloot, a sprawling settlement on the outskirts of Johannesburg, turned out in their thousands to cast their votes on Wednesday. The voting mood was also fairly upbeat in Alexandra township in Johannesburg.
Special Report: Elections 2004
Gauteng Premier Mbhazima Shilowa has promised to speed up the issuing of valid taxi permits after facing a crowd of protesting taxi drivers in Johannesburg on Monday. In the meantime, those with temporary permits would not have their vehicles impounded except when they are found to be unroadworthy.
<li><a class=’standardtextsmall’ href="http://www.mg.co.za/Content/pd.asp?ao=32340">Call for official’s sacking</a>
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/ 16 January 2004
Mpumalanga minister for public works Steve Mabona’s department is facing another investigation — this time by the provincial auditor general. The auditor general’s probe follows closely another investigation by a task team appointed by Premier Ndaweni Mahlangu.
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/ 5 December 2003
The Scorpions seemed to be edging closer to Mpumalanga public works minister Steve Mabona this week when they arrested his head of department and two businessmen connected to him — and claimed that a contract from which he had received R1-million was fraudulent.
The National Land Committee (NLC) is to vote on the closure of its national office. The relationship between the office and the NLC board, says its chairperson, has disintegrated.
The Limpopo government has asked the national government to declare several areas in the region disaster areas after a long spell of drought. The drought has left water resources dry and hundreds of thousands of cattle dead in many parts of the province.