The minister says if state properties bring in funds, it will give the department more money to maintain and build schools, hospitals and other infrastructure
Deputy judge president Ronald Sutherland said public works and the office of the chief justice have failed to provide the court with a reliable generator
New anti-corruption forum aims to prevent corruption and mismanagement and incentivise whistleblowers in infrastructure projects
Scopa ‘disappointed’ by slow pace and lack of consequences on Beitbridge irregularities.
With infighting and allegations of corruption and poor planning, the department’s top management looks like a scene from ‘Survivor’
Latest twist in public works saga suggests minister quashed query into doctored corruption report
The Independent Development Trust’s board and the department of public works and infrastructure have agreed to devise an exit plan, which will see the entity closed by early next year
Employees at the beleaguered IDT have been given a three-month extension of their contracts
Why South Africa should consider amnesty for undocumented migrants in the time of the coronavirus outbreak.
Employees of the Expanded Public Works Programme have essentially become ‘permanent casuals’ who earn a pittance and have no job security
Jeremy Cronin has ascribed the "pathetic" pace of land reform to factors like weak policy, corruption, lack of will and a lack of capacity
The group said they would write to Zille for clarity on why they were not able to get water as per her invitation, and when they could come back.
Unused government buildings are costing South Africa almost R50-million in rates and taxes, while another R12-million is spent on water and lights.
The settlement discussion will be held with 12 officials who have been charged in connection with upgrades to President Jacob Zuma’s Nkandla home.
Minister Thulas Nxesi says the billions lost by the department over the past five years is shocking.
The building of yet another fence suggests rising paranoia about the president’s safety.
Four years ago, the M&G first exposed the scandal behind multimillion-rand upgrades on Jacob Zuma Nkandla’s home. Today, little has changed.
Ministers Gugile Nkwinti and Thulas Nxesi have disagreed with each other over the sale of houses at Nkandla, says a report.
Minister Thulas Nxesi says he "will not play politics" over the DA’s court bid forcing his department to reveal its report about upgrades to Nkandla.
The Democratic Alliance has gone to court demanding the public works department provide it with access to the report into Jacob Zuma’s Nkandla home.
Public Works’s Jeremy Cronin says his department has irregularly spent R3.65-billion, with a large sum of it resulting from irregular lease contracts.
A day before he delivers his controversial department’s budget to Parliament, Public Works Minister Thulas Nxesi says the department has stabilised.
The department of public works has confirmed that it did spend R65-million on renovating ministers’ houses, said a departmental spokesperson.
The Democratic Alliance has said Public Works Minister Thulas Nxesi must explain how R65-million was spent renovating ministers’ houses.
The South African Police Service has been entered into another multimillion-rand property deal that was not put out to tender, writes Matuma Letsoalo.
Roux Shabangu says reports he was fired from the construction of aR20-million police station in Mpumalanga are ‘misleading and untrue’.
A witness in Bheki Cele’s misconduct hearing has derailed a previous witness’s promise that she would testify that Cele identified new police offices.
The home affairs department is paying R33-million a year rental for its new Pretoria offices — almost R8-million more than what it previously paid.
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Businessman Roux Shabangu has challenged the public protector’s probe into a lease agreement for police headquarters in Pretoria.
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The police’s Independent Complaints Directorate was sent packing by MPs on Tuesday after pleading ignorance on the inflated cost of its new offices.
Agriculture Minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson had not “wildly imagined” her 28 day stay in a luxury guesthouse would cost R420 000.
More than 100 public works department contracts are being investigated for "irregular expenditure" an internal report leaked to the <i>M&G</i> reveals