Clean-out comes after new minister says her predecessor did not take her board choices to cabinet for approval
Who didn’t make the cut for President Cyril Ramaphosa’s Cabinet?
Although a fierce combatant with her political foes, Western Cape Premier Helen Zille says she believes in playing hard but fair
Former chairperson Mavuso Msimang says Nomaindia Mfeketo was warned, but did nothing
A forensic report has found the Community Scheme Ombud Service investment was reckless
Executives suspended, reinstated, suspended; the board’s chair removed; corruption; sex-for-jobs claims – and there’s that R11-million deficit
​A personal assistant at the troubled state-owned Community Schemes Ombudsman Services flew business class during a state-sponsored trip to Australia.
Our readers write in about the Community Schemes Ombud Service, food fraud, and about abandoning the M&G
​Human Settlements Minister Nomaindia Mfeketo has ordered an independent investigator to look into the affairs of the beleaguered CSOS
The CSOS said the two were alleged to have been grossly negligent by investing surplus funds with VBS
Chief Ombud Seeng Letele and Chief Financial Officer Themba Mabuya have been given 24 hours to account for a raft of financial irregularities
Pandemonium reigned at the board of the Community Schemes Ombud Service. What would these officials tell the minister?
President Ramaphosa’s administration is planning to lay off 30 000 public servants in the next three years. More in this week’s unembargoed.
The human settlements minister suspended the chief ombud over an ‘investment’ with the VBS Mutual Bank
A housing scheme regulator invested R80m in the troubled bank. Now the minister has stepped in
Attempts to replace Phumulo Masualle have failed, as the experience of his proposed backup has been questioned
Presents come at a price — and not at the prices declared by the politicians who received them, writes Nelly Shamase.
Sicelo Shiceka has been told that he will be removed from Cabinet, senior ANC sources told the <i>M&G</i>.
Neither intimidation tactics nor the influence of party heavyweights have swayed a fiery independent seen as a threat to an ANC stronghold in Knysna.
Opposition parties say parliament has been caught napping in the processing of the controversial legislation.
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/ 15 January 2009
Former Cape Town mayor Nomaindia Mfeketo has been removed from her position as convenor of the ANC’s national executive committe task team.
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/ 11 February 2008
The Independent Democrats (ID) on Monday dismissed as false claims by Cape Town mayor Helen Zille that the Democratic Alliance (DA) did not sanction the bribery of ID councillor Sheval Arendse. Simon Grindrod, ID caucus leader for the city, said it was clear that the bribery was done with the full blessing of the DA leadership.
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/ 23 November 2007
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The African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) has thrown its weight behind Jacob Zuma for president of the ANC, with current president Thabo Mbeki not featuring on its list of 66 nominations released in Johannesburg on Friday. ”We didn’t support him [Mbeki] for president of the ANC,” said ANCYL president Fikile Mbalula.
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/ 26 October 2007
The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) has not compiled a ”wish list” of candidates for the national executive committee of the African National Congress (ANC). This follows the Mail and Guardian publishing a list on Friday that it said named the 57 people Cosatu wanted as ANC leaders.