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Newly elected DA KZN leader Sithembiso Ngema
ANC

New DA KZN leader targets ANC and MKP support 

Newly elected DA KZN leader Sithembiso Ngema says the party is ready to expand aggressively ahead of crucial municipal elections.

  • Sandile Motha
3 min read
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
Public works and infrastructure minister, Dean Macpherson. (Photo: X)
ADMIRALTY RESERVES

KwaZulu-Natal municipality seething after public works minister strips it of key tourism assets

Dean Macpherson said the Ray Nkonyeni local municipality had failed dismally to manage the leases to the properties, putting the livelihoods of business owners in jeopardy

  • Sandile Motha
2 min read
KwaZulu-Natal MEC for public works and infrastructure Martin Meyer. (@KZNPublicWorks/X)
KWAZULU NATAL

KZN public works department declares war on late payment of service providers

The department is also cracking down on officials accused of demanding bribes before making payments, MEC Martin Meyer said

  • Sandile Motha
2 min read
KZN MEC for Cogta Reverend Thulasizwe Buthelezi and his counterpart MEC for public works Martin Meyer during a media briefing in Durban. Photo: Sandile Motha
ANC GOVERNANCE

KZN government cancels R24 m/year lease in clampdown on costly office rentals

The provincial administration plans to use government-owned buildings to cut down on expenditure

  • Sandile Motha
2 min read
State intelligence and enforcement abilities, as well as the legislation, need to be bolstered to deter the construction mafia.
AMERICAN MAFIA

Deconstructing SA’s extortion mafia requires substance over rhetoric

State intelligence and enforcement abilities, as well as the legislation, need to be bolstered to deter the construction mafia

  • Siseko Maposa
4 min read
eThekwini mayor Cyril Mayor, minister of public works and infrastructure Dean Macpherson, and KwaZulu-Natal MEC for public works and infrastructure Martin Meyer signed a MOU in the city this week. (Photo supplied)
CRIME PREVENTION DURBAN

Macpherson, Xaba invite investors to fix Durban’s derelict buildings

The minister says if state properties bring in funds, it will give the department more money to maintain and build schools, hospitals and other infrastructure

  • Lyse Comins
8 min read
Bold: Human Settlements Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi plans to hold a formal meeting with Police Minister Senzo Mchunu about securing protection in the construction industry. Photo: Brenton Geach/Getty Images
AMADELANGOKUBONA

Human settlements Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi ‘won’t bow to’ construction mafia

The minster said these groups take money and never do any work

  • Lunga Mzangwe
6 min read
KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Public Works and Infrastructure Martin Meyer (centre) visited eight construction sites across the province that were disrupted by the construction mafia last week.
BUSINESS FORUM

KZN public works MEC has designs on dismantling construction mafia and restoring law and order

The new DA MEC Martin Meyer said government would work with legitimate business forums, not violent groups pretending to be forums

  • Lyse Comins
7 min read