Public Finance Management Act (PFMA)

Military's R500-million plane contract — for no planes

NationalSabelo Skiti | 2019-11-19 11:39:00

The department of defence might have to pay hundreds of millions of rands to a company that won a controversial VVIP air travel contract seven...

Ramaphosa laughs at generals’ proposal

NationalSabelo Skiti, Thanduxolo Jika | 2019-08-08 00:00:00

Army generals, frustrated with the restrictive and strict legislation governing state procurement, want government to allow them to look after...

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

PoliticsNatasha Marrian | 2019-06-10 17:57:00

The national treasury has gazetted far-reaching cost-containment measures for municipalities which include limiting the use of consultants,...

Corruption plagues land reform

NationalHazel Friedman | 2019-06-07 00:00:00

For the past two weeks, Hazel Friedman has reported on the capture of land reform by private companies and connected politicians, known as...

Molefe did not get approval for massive Transnet locomotive price hike, inquiry hears

NationalJan Cronje | 2019-05-29 13:09:00

Brian Molefe, Transnet's former chief executive, did not seek requisite approval from the minister of public enterprises when the price for...

Mboweni admits Ramos among those considered to head Eskom unbundling

BusinessCarin Smith | 2019-04-22 14:50:00

Although Finance Minister Tito Mboweni denied in a tweet he posted on Monday that Maria Ramos has been appointed to lead the process of unbundling...

Agrizzi set to make Zondo commission return

NationalJeanette Chabalala | 2019-03-25 14:43:00

Former Bosasa executive turned whistleblower Angelo Agrizzi is expected to return to the judicial commission of inquiry into state capture to...

Eskom battles to claw back Trillians

NationalSarah Smit | 2019-03-22 00:00:00

In the public mind, Eskom’s case against Trillian is about the consulting company’s Gupta links. But whether or not the links can be established, the lynchpin of the power utility’s high court application is the apparent absence of any contract justifying the millions it paid...

New directorate to deal with state capture proclaimed by Ramaphosa

NationalNatasha Marrian | 2019-03-20 20:56:00

President Cyril Ramaphosa has proclaimed the establishment of an investigative directorate in the office of the national director of public...

Agrizzi will no longer testify at Mokgoro inquiry

NationalJeanette Chabalala | 2019-02-14 12:17:00

Former Bosasa chief operating officer turned whistle-blower Angelo Agrizzi will no longer appear before the Mokgoro inquiry on Friday....

Bosasa arrests: Hawks act on decade-old SIU report

NationalSarah Smit | 2019-02-06 17:08:00

Four people linked to the Bosasa saga — including whistleblower and the firm’s former chief operating officer Angelo Agrizzi — have...

Roof caves in on housing agency

NationalPaddy Harper, Thanduxolo Jika | 2018-12-14 00:00:00

The government agency whose job it is to build houses for the poor has allegedly been looted to such an extent that it has an R11-million deficit...

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