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RIGHT OF REPLY: Hawks probe R111m hospital fraud

Article Coega Development - 25 Apr 2019

The Coega Development Corporation responds to an M&G article

Eskom’s plight the fault line in Tito Mboweni’s 2019 budget

Article Lynley Donnelly - 20 Feb 2019

Eskom gets R69-billion in additional funds for its restructuring plans but no debt relief deal

Mboweni to deliver budget in the face of massive debt and blackouts

Article Michelle Gumede - 20 Feb 2019

Finance Minister Tito Mboweni is under pressure to bail out the state power utility Eskom — along with its $30-billion mountain of debt

As it stands, Eskom will cease to exist by April — DPE

Article Lynley Donnelly - 13 Feb 2019

The department outlined the financial and operational problems facing the utility, which began load-shedding on Monday

RAF amendment bill could boost loss of support claim expenditure by 70%

Article Jacques Coetzee - 28 Jan 2019

Opponents of Rabs say inadequate research and consultation have been done

No end to Eskom bailout furore

Article Lynley Donnelly - 25 Jan 2019

The utility is labouring under a debt burden of about R420-billion and its cash from operations is not enough to service its interest payments

Eskom aims to shed its debt load

Article Lynley Donnelly - 7 Dec 2018

But critics say shifting liability to the state could have unintended consequences for the economy

Municipalities’ unpaid water bills increase to a whopping R13.1bn

Article bogdan TagDiv - 15 Nov 2018

It is not only municipalities at fault. Government and provincial departments also owe a portion of the R13.1-billion debt

SA footballers still haunted by black tax and lavish living

Article Luke Feltham - 26 Oct 2018

Professional footballers, who have to retire young, need different investment vehicles

Africa’s new debt crisis

Africa Deutsche Welle 1 - 25 Oct 2018

On the continent where many countries faced bankruptcy in the 1990s, once again the outlook is grim. This time around, help is harder to find

JSE cleans up after scandals

Article Tebogo Tshwane - 5 Oct 2018

New proposals will give the stock exchange greater oversight and introduce more transparency

Debt relief won’t be a quick fix

Article Tebogo Tshwane - 14 Sep 2018

Writing off debts of the poor, as laid out in a Bill before Parliament, may take up to seven years

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