Latest articles on Minister of Basic Education Angie Motshekga

Advocacy group takes department to court over school nutrition programme

Coronavirus Bongekile Macupe - 28 Jun 2020

Equal Education wants the court to get the basic education department to feed all learners who qualify for the programme, including those who are not back at school

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Corruption allegations: It’s a family affair at Dihlabeng municipality

Athandiwe Saba - 2 Jul 2020

The mayor, her relatives and their friends keep landing lucrative tenders and using state resources. Yet Lindiwe Makhalema has failed to declare the list of her relationships with people and companies benefiting from the municipality

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Auditor-general’s report reveals the municipalities where the money goes to waste

Mg Data Desk - 2 Jul 2020

Municipalities are in complete disarray, with many of them flagged by the auditor-general for deliberate lack of accountability and tolerance for transgressions by political and administrative leadership while billions are squandered.

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Sassa disses disability grant applicants

Paddy Harper - 2 Jul 2020

Towards the end of level four of the lockdown, Sassa offices reopened for applications for old age pensions and childcare and foster care grants, but not for disability grants

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Municipal audit outcomes reveal public sector financial management must be professionalised

special reports - 3 Jul 2020

SAICA calls for a review of the mandatory minimum skills and qualifications required for all key financial management positions within the public sector

Special Reports

Eleven ways to protect yourself against fraud

special reports - 3 Jul 2020

While financial services firms work continuously to improve security, fraudsters are always devising new plans to circumvent the latest safety measures

Special Reports

Security and Compliance Evolution in the Data Revolution

special reports - 2 Jul 2020

Organisations must adopt a risk-based approach to compliance and rely on technology to mitigate that risk and on people and process controls as well

Special Reports

Covid-19 vs Child Nutrition

special reports - 2 Jul 2020

Children are being impacted severely across the world because of things such as reduced immunisation as health services prioritise treating Covid-19 cases

Special Reports

MTN’s network innovation sees 5G launched at 100 sites countrywide

special reports - 2 Jul 2020

MTN South Africa has launched its widely accessible 5G network – the first of MTN’s 21 operations across Africa and the Middle East

Special Reports

Economic ramifications of Covid-19

special reports - 2 Jul 2020

There is an opportunity for business and government in collaboration to galvanise and work together, and present ourselves as a viable destination for investment

Special Reports

BCX empowers its finance staff with professional accounting qualifications

special reports - 1 Jul 2020

'For the finance function to go beyond the numbers we need to be professional and we cannot leave out the financial control experts'

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Ensuring no prospective CA(SA) is left behind

special reports - 1 Jul 2020

Sizwe Nxasana talks about the macro-economic impact our country will suffer if the accountancy profession fails to transform its pipeline in the pandemic