Public Works Department

Anger, drugs and parties in MPs’ villages

Article Lester Kiewit - 11 Mar 2020

The public works department told Parliament that there were ongoing efforts to increase safety and patrols at the villages, which are fortified by fences and monitored by cameras and access-controlled booms

Zuma appointed construction company ahead of tender process – Nkandla hearings

Article bogdan TagDiv - 20 Jul 2017

Moneymine Enterprises reportedly appointed long before the department of public works was involved in the Nkandla tender process.

Paperless trail “may lead to witness box”

Article Vinayak Bhardwaj Author - 19 Jun 2014

All communication relating to Nkandla was “strictly regulated and limited … to verbal reporting”

Bryntirion contractor faces wall of unpaid creditors

Article Luqman Cloete - 25 Apr 2014

A contractor entrusted with beefing up security at the Bryntirion Estate has a string of court judgments against him for unpaid bills.

I’m not carrying can for Nkandla, says former minister

Article Sapa - 22 Dec 2013

The former deputy public works minister said she was "irritated" by the recommendation that she be investigated over the Nkandla saga.

AmaB releases Nkandla cache

Article Amabhungane - 13 Nov 2013

The M&G Centre for Investigative Journalism has released over 12 000 pages of evidence about the state-funded upgrade at Jacob Zuma's Nkandla home.

Corruption ‘cannot be business as usual’, says Nxesi

Article Sapa - 6 Mar 2013

The public works department is taking steps to curb corruption and collusion, says Public Works Minister Thulas Nxesi.

Nkandla cash came from other projects

Article bogdan TagDiv - 1 Feb 2013

The R206-million spent on security at President Jacob Zuma's Nkandla estate was not budgeted for the department of public works has said.

Cosatu: Public works’ Nkandla report reveals nothing new

Article Sapa - 28 Jan 2013

A public works report detailing the costs for President Jacob Zuma's Nkandla home, in KwaZulu-Natal, has revealed nothing new, says Cosatu.

Nkandla: Documents call Zuma’s bluff

Article Phillip De Wet & Sally Evans - 23 Nov 2012

An M&G investigation reveals that President Jacob Zuma was kept up to date about developments and taxpayer money was used for his private homes.

Zuma is still paying off his Nkandla home

Article Phillip De Wet - 16 Nov 2012

President Jacob Zuma has told Parliament that he would not know how much the public works department had spent on his Nkandla home.

Public works ducks questions on Zuma’s Nkandla upgrade

Article Amabhungane - 11 Oct 2012

The public works department has missed the deadline for answering an access-to-information request by the M&G Centre for Investigative Journalism.

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