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Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Dean Macpherson says the Expanded Public Works Programme is too important to be captured by corruption.
AGSA

eThekwini pushes back as Macpherson halts EPWP funding over corruption claims

eThekwini says it is cooperating with investigations into EPWP corruption, including claims of “jobs for sex” and ghost workers

  • Lyse Comins
4 min read
Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure Dean Macpherson
AGSA

EPWP funding to eThekwini halted over ‘jobs for sex’ and ghost beneficiaries scandal

Public Works Minister Dean Macpherson has suspended EPWP funding to eThekwini after an Auditor-General report exposed ghost beneficiaries, irregular payments and allegations of…

  • Lyse Comins
6 min read
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CITY OF CAPE TOWN

Metro municipalities in South Africa cannot function, they must switch to a relevant model

The executive mayor model used in Joburg, Tshwane, Cape Town, eKurhuleni and Nelson Mandela Bay is obsolete. An executive committee model is more fitting

  • Mcebisi Ndletyana
8 min read