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Acting police minister Firoz Cachalia. (@Prof_Cachalia/X)

SA violent crime down, but still unacceptably high, Cachalia says

The acting police minister also stressed the need to tackle organised crime, which President Cyril Ramaphosa last week singled out as ‘the most immediate threat to our democracy,…

Msunduzi City Hall. Photo supplied

Angry Msunduzi ratepayers call for a forensic investigation

They have also urged the government to conduct lifestyle audits on councillors and dissolve the troubled municipality This content is restricted to registered users and…

President Cyril Ramaphosa. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Five years later, Ramaphosa’s vaunted lifestyle audits still hitting snags

Political analyst, Professor Mcebisi Ndletyana, says he believes the promise of audits is ‘rhetoric for public relations’

Freedom to express fundamental rights versus administrative action by the South African Revenue Service exposes a fundamental link to communal interests and justice in a constitutional democracy. (Oupa Nkosi)

Lifestyle audits to be ‘hardwired’ into Sars

Chief revenue officer Johnstone Makhubu says better access to data has allowed the tax authority to conduct more effective lifestyle audits

Newly elected Western Cape Premier Alan Winde has announced his cabinet which he described as a mix of stability and new ideas. (M&G/David Harrison)

Winde’s cabinet to undergo lifestyle audits

Western Cape Premier Alan Winde was sworn in on Wednesday

Banks are under pressure from governments and entrepreneurs to play a more active role in supporting investment and industrialisation by directly lending to sectors driving growth and jobs.

Gordhan: A decade of officials’ conduct to be probed in lifestyle audits

The audits will take place using existing mechanisms and will be used to hold those who have unduly benefited from state resources accountable

Eskom is finalising investigations into suspended officials and the board is working on instilling a new tone of corporate governance at the power utility.

Eskom investigating 239 cases of misconduct by officials

Eskom board member Sindi Mabaso-Koyana spoke on the steps Eskom is taking to address corruption at the power utility

Last weekend, a public participation process heard submissions on the Bo-Kaap neighbourhood being zoned under a heritage protection overlay zone. (Photos: David Harrison/M&G)

KZN government to conduct lifestyle audits of officials

​The KZN government is to conduct lifestyle audits of officials in high-risk positions, Premier Willies Mchunu announced during the Sopa

Discovery Bank and FlySafair announced improvements that enable consumers to book flights using a banking app and pay for flight extras through Whatsapp.

Lifestyle audits on the cards for Gauteng MECs

​Members of the Gauteng executive committee could soon face lifestyle audits if Premier David Makhura has his way

Obesity has become a global epidemic

Sugar tax no instant obesity cure

A sedentary lifestyle, too little sleep and poor diet also contribute to an overweight society.

Clock ticks down Malema’s mitigation

ANCYL: Sars doesn’t answer to opposition parties

The ANC Youth League said Sars shouldn’t take orders from opposition parties, in response to the DA calling for a lifestyle audit on Julius Malema.

Zuma told to come clean on financial interests

Zuma told to come clean on financial interests

President Jacob Zuma should declare his financial interests for the sake of the law and transparency, opposition parties said on Sunday.