Minister will serve one month on unpaid suspension
But it’s four years late, says activist
The Special Investigation Unit wants to ‘pursue’ those who left to avoid accountability for their actions
Commuter activist organisation #UniteBehind has laid a complaint of misconduct when Judge Tintswalo Annah Nana Makhubele took up the post of Gauteng high court judge and chairperson of the Prasa boar
Ministers want President Ramaphosa to rein in the ANC secretary general
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The passenger rail entity expects to make a R1.7 billion loss in the current financial year
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In announcing Leonard Ramatlakane’s firing, minister Sindisiwe Chikunga thanked him for his ‘sterling work’
Chief Justice Zondo concedes it has taken too long to set up the committee but that a draft document is already on the cards
Calls for two judges accused of crime to step aside while a third appears before Judicial Conduct Tribunal on a complaint of impeachable misconduct
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Call for Eastern Cape judge president to step aside over sexual harassment and hearings begin in misconduct charges against Gauteng judge Makhubele
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Transcripts blamed as Mthimkhulu, who was convicted in January on thee fraud counts, still has not been sentenced
The president has singled out the part of the state capture report that recommends an investigation that includes Arthur Fraser’s alleged abuses be resumed
The Spanish locomotives procured in an infamous state capture deal will be adjusted to run on local railway lines in an agreement designed to ensure the company recovers R1-billion of the money it lost
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Mthimkhulu, who caused Prasa to spend R2.6-billion for trains unsuitable for the country’s rail network, faces a lengthy jail sentence
Montana testified that ‘unqualified’ Mthimkhulu was the right engineer for the state rail agency, despite his acquisition of allegedly faulty locomotives
Those brave people who speak truth to power elevate the Constitution to more than just a text.
Whistleblowers also want the introduction of compensation to a whistleblower for loss of livelihoods, income, life savings, pensions and reputations
Eskom, parliament, constitutional court, looting could all be linked. ‘We smell a rat’, says Blade Nzimande
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The report recommends that the government establishes a public procurement anti-corruption agency to ‘formulate measures for the making of reports by whistleblowers and for their protection and incentivisation’
As the increasingly less relevant ANC vacates the middle ground and the centre-left, a void opens, which will urgently need to be filled
The board suspended Matthews after a meeting that considered “an alleged sensitive matter of security breach and other contractual obligations associated with” his employment contract
The Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa did not publicise the tender and gave it to the consultancy despite its bid being R346-million more than that of another company.
Tiro Holele said the former Prasa head was part of a pattern where executives mastermind irregular deals but blame subordinates
Media houses holding each other to account is essential to a working democracy, but false claims serve only to undermine that goal
Current cases make it highly debatable whether those in the boardroom know what they’re doing
MPs were helpless to stop runaway losses and probe locomotive deal at Prasa, Zondo commission hears as it mulls parliament’s role in state capture era
The transport minister uses humour, which his targets don’t find funny, to survive in tough times or to divert attention from a problem.
An invalid contract worth R85-million a month is still being paid — three years after a court order to stop
Judge Wendy Hughes says this is the final extension because finality is “owed to the nation”
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Cape Town’s largest passenger rail line has been closed for months, hitting people’s pockets and adding to road traffic congestion
The poor condition of state-owned enterprises remains a blight on growth forecasts
South Africa has a slew of service-delivery problems, most notably in the water and electricity sectors. The time for promises is over: what the country needs is action