Municipal Finance Management Act

/ 30 September 2024

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

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

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By Paddy Harper

Politics

/ 4 April 2024

PA councillor accused of ‘fraudulent’ Joburg land transfer

The councillor has been accused of giving away provincial land for a taxi rank development without following legislation

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By Khaya Koko

Business

/ 1 February 2024

The Fiscal Cliff | South Africa treads water over municipal budgets and crumbling sanitation infrastructure

Makana’s budget, and those of most municipalities, need monitoring and the corrupt and wasteful held to account

By Philip Machanick

Opinion

/ 27 April 2022

Two city managers, one municipality: Why reforms are urgent

As a recent court case in Nelson Mandela Bay shows, the city management appointment process should be purely administrative and stripped of politics

By Mcebisi Ndletyana

Politics

/ 15 October 2021

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

By Lizeka Tandwa

Business

/ 13 October 2021

Cross-cutting problems lead to service-delivery inefficiencies, says new report

Service-delivery issues, procurement inefficiencies and cadre deployment continue to plague municipalities, according to the Bureau for Economic Research

By Anathi Madubela

National

/ 5 October 2021

The smelly and corrupt side of ‘dysfunctional’ Nelson Mandela Bay

The municipality has accrued billions of rand in wasteful spending, and more than 6 000 putrid bucket toilets

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By Khaya Koko and M&G Data Desk

National

/ 6 July 2021

Hawks move on R3.4-billion in corruption cases referred by SIU

The Hawks and the NPA want to boost forensic investigative capacity to get back more money lost to corruption

By Paddy Harper

Politics

/ 4 June 2021

Mayor and manager of Umsobomvu local municipality tag team in giving jobs to pals

An investigation into the Northern Cape municipality has uncovered multiple issues of alleged fraud, including nepotism and unauthorised salary hikes

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By Lizeka Tandwa and Khaya Koko

Politics

/ 10 March 2021

Senior ANC officials to be arrested for role in VBS looting

Danny Msiza and Kabelo Matsepe will become the first politicians to be face charges for alleged complicity in the scandal

By Lizeka Tandwa, Emsie Ferreira and Khaya Koko

Politics

/ 16 July 2020

VBS looting haunts the ANC in Limpopo

The ANC is facing a revolt over the looting of VBS bank, which took money from poor communities, with warnings of electoral consequences in 2021 local elections

By Thanduxolo Jika and Mail Guardian Correspondent

National

/ 2 July 2020

AG’s report reveals the municipalities where money goes to waste

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.

By M&G Data Desk

Article

/ 13 December 2019

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

By Sabelo Skiti

Article

/ 1 December 2019

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

Crackdown follows trend of top officials allegedly looting millions

By Sabelo Skiti

Article

/ 10 June 2019

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

By Natasha Marrian

Article

/ 15 January 2019

Allow local councils to do their fiscal duties

Top-down meddling by central government flouts the laws and spirit of multilevel democracy

By Eddie Rakabe

Article

/ 6 December 2018

Grassroots democracy begins with open ward committees

Citizens must be given the opportunity to influence the municipal decisions that affect them

By Paul Kariuki

Article

/ 24 October 2018

Tshwane city manager heads to court to block GladAfrica report

GladAfrica, an engineering company, and the city have been at the centre of allegations of tender irregularities for the past two months

By Tshidi Madia

Article

/ 21 August 2018

Msimanga wants city manager suspended

Dr Moeketsi Mosola was accused of flouting the City of Tshwane’s supply chain management policy

By Paul Herman

Article

/ 9 August 2018

Nene cracks down on unqualified local government officials

This is the latest step the ANC government has taken to the state of improve local government

By Khulekani Magubane

$VBS saga: Municipalities in for half-a-decade wait for a fraction of R1.5bn deposits$

Article

/ 26 July 2018

VBS saga: Municipalities in for half-a-decade wait for a fraction of R1.5bn deposits

Disciplinary action is going to be lodged against those responsible – from the bank and the municipalities – for the funds ending up with VBS.

By Caryn Dolley

Article

/ 12 March 2018

VBS bank could come out of curatorship stronger— Treasury

National Treasury said placing VBS Mutual Bank under curatorship is a better option than liquidation

By Lameez Omarjee

Article

/ 11 March 2018

VBS liable to go bust

The mutual bank faces the possibility of going bust after the Treasury instructed municipalities to stop investing with it last year.

By Staff Reporter

Article

/ 3 November 2017

Cape Town races to beat Day Zero

The city could run out of water in March and is rushing to get measures such as desalination in place

By Staff Reporter

Article

/ 2 February 2012

Fraud case against Block postponed again

The fraud and corruption case involving Northern Cape ANC chairperson John Block, which dates back to 2010, has been postponed until next year.

By Faranaaz Parker

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

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PA councillor accused of ‘fraudulent’ Joburg land transfer

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The Fiscal Cliff | South Africa treads water over municipal budgets and crumbling sanitation infrastructure

Two city managers, one municipality: Why reforms are urgent

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

Cross-cutting problems lead to service-delivery inefficiencies, says new report

The smelly and corrupt side of ‘dysfunctional’ Nelson Mandela Bay

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Hawks move on R3.4-billion in corruption cases referred by SIU

Mayor and manager of Umsobomvu local municipality tag team in giving jobs to pals

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Senior ANC officials to be arrested for role in VBS looting

VBS looting haunts the ANC in Limpopo

AG’s report reveals the municipalities where money goes to waste

Fraud accused: Contract breach SIU’s fault

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

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

Allow local councils to do their fiscal duties

Grassroots democracy begins with open ward committees

Tshwane city manager heads to court to block GladAfrica report

Msimanga wants city manager suspended

Nene cracks down on unqualified local government officials

VBS saga: Municipalities in for half-a-decade wait for a fraction of R1.5bn deposits

VBS bank could come out of curatorship stronger— Treasury

VBS liable to go bust

Cape Town races to beat Day Zero

Fraud case against Block postponed again

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