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Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Dean Macpherson says the Expanded Public Works Programme is too important to be captured by corruption.

eThekwini pushes back as Macpherson halts EPWP funding over corruption claims

eThekwini says it is cooperating with investigations into EPWP corruption, including claims of “jobs for sex” and ghost workers

Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure Dean Macpherson

EPWP funding to eThekwini halted over ‘jobs for sex’ and ghost beneficiaries scandal

Public Works Minister Dean Macpherson has suspended EPWP funding to eThekwini after an Auditor-General report exposed ghost beneficiaries, irregular payments and allegations of…

The Special Investigating Unit traced financial gains of more than R181 million linked to beneficiaries of fraudulent visa applications that were supported by fake documentation

Government departments’ failure to initiate blacklisting lets tender fraudsters off the hook

Only 5% of entities, departments and municipalities have initiated blacklisting for offenders

Eastern Cape ANC leaders Babalo Madikizela (left) and Oscar Mabuyane (right).

Madikizela explains how monies were exchanged in Winnie Madikizela-Mandela memorial scandal

Eastern Cape’s head of public works Babalo Madikizela has hit back at Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane, saying she had no authority to investigate him

Mcebisi Mlonzi’s company, Kwane Capital (formerly Laman) has contracts with various municipalities. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Fraud accused: Contract breach SIU’s fault

Mcebisi Mlonzi is blaming the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) for allegedly providing bad advice to the Amahlathi local municipality

​More arrests: E. Cape businessman, top former municipal official nabbed for fraud

Crackdown follows trend of top officials allegedly looting millions

Finance Minister Tito Mboweni says South Africans can still rely on Eskom to provide electricity
(David Harrison/M&G)

Municipal cost-containment measures gazetted as state seeks to tighten its belt

The regulations form part of cost-cutting measures by the state as it seeks to improve its balance sheet