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Behind Jo’burg’s dirty tenders
For two years the man parachuted into a City of Johannesburg department dealing with the biggest and most crucial contracts required to run the city has been suspending and sidelining top officials in an apparent effort to direct the outcome of multimillion rand tenders. We track down who this man is and why it had taken so long for the city to investigate him
More Kwane Capital contracts red-flagged in Eastern Cape
The company has contracts with various municipalities
Tender irregularity symptoms missed
The beleaguered Road Accident Fund’s former CFO, who was found to have meddled in a tender, is administering the government medical scheme
Fleece the state, face the music
Public officials who routinely find loopholes to siphon money out of government coffers may soon find themselves in the dock
Editorial: At every level the state fails citizens
'We’re good at the annual hand-wringing about government’s wasteful ways. But what is not quantified is the number of people who are being failed'
State to discipline employees doing business with government
The 1 000 public servants who didn’t resign from their companies face disciplinary action or suspension under the Public Service Act.
Gupta-linked company set to score R800-million in Transnet IT solution tender deal
A suspect Transnet contract lists 60% for a ‘supplier development’ subcontractor.
Gauteng officials to be criminally charged for tender irregularities
Local government employees will face prosecution for the improper awarding of contracts.
School tender award process flushed away
Mvula Trust is in the spotlight after giving a R21m sanitation contract to an employee’s husband.
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Call for applications for the position of GCRO executive director
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