Ashley Mthunzi, the suspended Tembisa Tertiary Hospital chief executive, signed off on R3-million in purchases that were not vetted
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Ashley Mthunzi, the now-suspended Tembisa Hospital chief executive, is allegedly the head of a corrupt supply-chain management clique
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We are a nation of inquests, commissions and ad hoc committees. Not action.
The Human Rights Commission has found a lack of staff, beds and clean, secure facilities plague institutions across the country, leaving patients unable to access the help they need.
Dr Zacharia Mathaba, who purchased the furniture, is a suspected overtime fraudster and was appointed as Gauteng hospital chief executive despite facing serious disciplinary charges
Hlongwa says a report by the SIU linking him to corruption amounting to R1.2-billion, was nothing new and a ploy "to embarrass the Gauteng ANC"
Hospital workers may down tools on Wednesday after not receiving proper compensation for working extra hours
Section 27, which represented 63 families, described Zille’s comments as regrettable, saying her question was answered at length through testimonies
The DA’s Jack Bloom said that if Gauteng Premier David Makhura were to truly hold himself accountable, he would resign.
There is no crisis at Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital, the Gauteng health department has said.
The Chris Hani Baragwanath, Charlotte Maxeke and Helen Joseph hospitals have banned night visits to patients as hospital staff fear for their safety.
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/ 23 December 2011
The SA National Roads Agency was contacting customers on Friday to reverse administration charges deducted erroneously from e-tag accounts.
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/ 29 November 2011
According to a report by the Auditor General, the Gauteng health department has lost millions of rands through maladministration and tender rigging.
The Democratic Alliance has welcomed Cabinet’s decision to appoint a task team to look into the Gauteng tolling system.
Gauteng Legislature speaker Lindiwe Maseko has cancelled a debate on toll roads scheduled for this week because the ANC is divided on the issue.
Several medical supplies’ companies in Gauteng have not been paid for months, despite regulations requiring payments to be settled within 30 days.
The DA in Gauteng has asked the Public Protector to investigate allegedly expensive refurbishments to Premier Nomvula Mokonyane’s official residence.
The Gauteng health department has approved the hiring of specialists to fill vacant posts in the province’s hospitals, an official said on Monday.
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/ 31 December 2010
The DA on Friday condemned the arrest of two <i>Sowetan</i> journalists and called for an investigation into possible corruption.
The irregularities surrounding contracts entered into by the Gauteng Motorsport Company were not enough to warrant a probe, said Firoz Cachalia.
The Gauteng health department faced “some admin challenges” but that did not affect food supply to state hospitals, an official said on Thursday.
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/ 23 February 2009
The Gauteng Economic Development Agency (Geda) has dismissed claims that it gave former chief executive Carl Niehaus a hero’s farewell.
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/ 20 February 2009
Gauteng Premier Paul Mashatile accused the DA on Friday of using apartheid tactics in what is fast becoming a war of words between the two parties.
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/ 19 February 2009
The Democratic Alliance on Thursday hit out at Gauteng premier Paul Mashatile over the appointment of embattled former ANC spokesman Carl Niehaus.
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/ 13 February 2009
The Democratic Alliance on Friday called for a forensic audit into the Gauteng Economic Development Agency while Carl Niehaus worked there.
The list of candidates to succeed outgoing Gauteng Premier Mbhazima Shilowa is a ”badly kept secret”, the Democratic Alliance (DA) said on Thursday.
The deployment of the army to areas hit by xenophobic attacks was long overdue, opposition parties said on Wednesday after President Thabo Mbeki’s nod to South African National Defence Force ”involvement”. South African police say 42 people have been killed in violence in Johannesburg that has raged for more than a week and 16Â 000 have been displaced.
The South African government is under growing pressure to send troops into Johannesburg’s townships for the first time since the apartheid era as African immigrants continued to flee a wave of killings and violence against foreigners. Several people were killed overnight including two men, believed to be Mozambican miners, who were beaten to death as mobs moved through townships.
The police have ”concrete evidence” of a suspected third-force involvement in xenophobic attacks in and around Johannesburg, the Gauteng Legislature heard on Tuesday. ”The police now have concrete evidence of those involved in orchestrations and they are dealing with it,” said Gauteng’s minister for sport Barbara Creecy.
A wave of xenophobic attacks spread through Johannesburg townships on Monday. Mobs beat foreigners and set some ablaze in scenes reminiscent of apartheid-era violence. A total of 22 people have now been killed in the violence directed at immigrants around Johannesburg, which began a week ago.
Another foreigner has been killed in South Africa as a wave of xenophobic violence spreads across Johannesburg, bringing the weekend death toll to 13, police said on Monday. The violence against foreigners, who are accused by many South Africans of depriving locals of jobs and committing crime, has spread across townships since the beginning of last week.
As a fresh wave of severe xenophobic violence gripped Johannesburg on Sunday, with five people killed in the Cleveland area, hundreds fleeing to the safety of police stations and shops in the CBD looted, President Thabo Mbeki announced that a panel had been set up to look into the attacks.