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Wasteful Expenditure

Sustainable budget solutions over tax hikes, please
Columns
/ 5 March 2025

Sustainable budget solutions over tax hikes, please

Operational inefficiencies and infrastructure neglect have led to logistical challenges costing the economy R1 billion daily in lost economic output

By Ismail Joosub
Government wasted R38 billion in overspending, auditor general says
National
/ 26 November 2024

Government wasted R38 billion in overspending, auditor general says

A disregard for the rule of law also saw the country lose R14 billion through payment of goods not received

By Khaya Koko
Nelson Mandela Bay faces SIU probe over dodgy street light tenders
National
/ 19 July 2024

Nelson Mandela Bay faces SIU probe over dodgy street light tenders

An internal report shows that the municipality bungled two tenders related to street lights, one of which exceeded its budgeted amount by R24 million

By Liezl Human
Mkhize: ‘I didn’t benefit’ from R150m irregular health tender
Health
/ 26 May 2021

Mkhize: ‘I didn’t benefit’ from R150m irregular health tender

The department of health will ask for the immediate recovery of all irregular payments made to Digital Vibes

By Chris Gilili
Carlos on Mboweni’s piñata of pain
Cartoons
/ 25 February 2021

Carlos on Mboweni’s piñata of pain

Something has to give Mr Mboweni

By Carlos
The social contract is broken
Opinion
/ 31 January 2021

The social contract is broken

The government misuses taxes and does not maintain our safety, justice, health and infrastructure systems. Eventually citizens will tire of the lack of delivery

By Geoff Embling
Q&A Sessions: Kimi Makwetu on when you hear the money ‘crying out for help’
Coronavirus
/ 7 October 2020

Q&A Sessions: Kimi Makwetu on when you hear the money ‘crying out for help’

The smoke signal comes from irregular expenditure and over the past seven years, there has been about R1.65-billion of it. Auditor general Kimi Makwetu tells Athandiwe Saba that this is when the squandered money cries for help

By Athandiwe Saba
Budget 2020: Sympathy for Mboweni from opposition as Cosatu rattles sabers
Article
/ 26 February 2020

Budget 2020: Sympathy for Mboweni from opposition as Cosatu rattles sabers

Political parties want more details on SOE bailouts, wage cutbacks

By Lester Kiewit
Urgent measures needed to address the poor state of municipalities
Article
/ 10 July 2019

Urgent measures needed to address the poor state of municipalities

Local government officials must work together with citizens to ensure communities participate in decision-making that affects them

By Paul Kariuki
Cutting the fat from Cabinet could save R300m
Article
/ 24 May 2019

Cutting the fat from Cabinet could save R300m

Bloated, excessive and overweight — that has
been the Cabinet for more than 10 years

By Athandiwe Saba
​Suspended defence chief director paid almost R3m to sit at home
Article
/ 28 February 2017

​Suspended defence chief director paid almost R3m to sit at home

A senior defence force member, cleared of all wrongdoing, has been left in limbo for three years.

By Dineo Bendile
Play Big Brother with your council
Article
/ 12 January 2017

Play Big Brother with your council

There is now a nifty website that shows what your local council has spent – and what it should have but has not.

By Lynley Donnelly
Gengezi Mgidlana breaks laws by making a mess of Parliament’s financial reporting
Article
/ 9 October 2016

Gengezi Mgidlana breaks laws by making a mess of Parliament’s financial reporting

Auditor-General finds that secretary of Parliament failed to declare some wasteful expenditure to his bosses.

By Staff Reporter
​Ekurhuleni’s manager slips away quietly amid a R7.2bn wasteful expenditure probe
Article
/ 2 August 2016

​Ekurhuleni’s manager slips away quietly amid a R7.2bn wasteful expenditure probe

Unlawful spending rose under Khaya Ngema’s watch and the metro last got a clean audit in 2009.

By Jessica Bezuidenhout
SAIRR: Wasteful expenditure could have been used better
Article
/ 18 March 2013

SAIRR: Wasteful expenditure could have been used better

Wasteful government spending of R24.8-billion could have been used for numerous beneficial projects, the SA Institute of Race Relations said.

By Sapa
Parliament gets an F for oversight
Article
/ 28 October 2011

Parliament gets an F for oversight

A damning report on basic education spending queries the adequacy of the state’s watchdog committees.

By David Macfarlane
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Article
/ 9 April 2010

DA report shows govt’s ‘wasteful expenditure’

Government has squandered more than R1-billion of taxpayers’ money over the past eight months, the Democratic Alliance said on Thursday.

By Staff Reporter

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