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SIU flags inflated generator prices in R25m Ditsobotla contract probe
The SIU has referred a R25 million generator procurement investigation involving Ditsobotla Local Municipality to the Special Tribunal after uncovering inflated pricing,…
Water boards battle to pay suppliers because municipalities don’t pay the boards
Sedibeng Water took almost five years to pay its creditors, Lepelle Northern Water took over a year, Amatola Water took 283 days and Mhlathuze Water 160 days
Ramaphosa’s unbalanced assessment of Zweli Mkhize ‘an insult’
Desperate to claw back the public’s trust, the president missteped and betrayed his own weak understanding of ethics and the meaning of leadership
Leadership failures blamed for collapsing local government
Municipalities are in dire straits, and the auditor general says many may no longer be viable at all