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AUDITOR GENERAL REPORT

We need to arrest the drastic decline of our municipalities

The auditor general’s report makes it clear that something must be done to break the cycle of mismanagement

  • Darion Barclay
6 min read
Cascading dam capture: In areas where the taps have run dry, such as QwaQwa, people spend hours collecting water transported there by trucks. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
CALL CENTRE

Free state municipality gets a paint job instead of water services

Maluti-A-Phofung council report wants former municipal manager to pay back the money he spent on communications company that was meant to establish a call centre for the QwaQwa…

  • Athandiwe Saba
3 min read
“I have my days where I just rock a skirt or dress to school
FINANCIAL IRREGULARITIES

More flawed Metrobus tenders found

PwC shows that Metrobus doe not value the government’s strategic objectives.

  • Given Sigauqwe
3 min read
FINANCIAL IRREGULARITIES

R4-billion wasted — and that’s official

Government departments wasted more than R4-billion in irregular and fruitless payments in 2009-2010, the auditor general has found.

  • Lynley Donnelly
3 min read
BOARD OF CONTROL FOR CRICKET

Suspended IPL chief gets hearing extension

India’s cricket board has given suspended IPL boss Lalit Modi more time to reply to allegations of corruption against him dating back to 2008.

  • Staff Reporter
1 min read
FINANCIAL IRREGULARITIES

IPL tax probe widens

Income tax authorities swooped on companies associated with the IPL on Wednesday as the government widened its probe of the cash-rich tournament.

  • Staff Reporter
2 min read