Public Finance Management Act
latest news & developments
State capture still stinging SOEs
Transnet and Prasa face financial, operational and governance challenges despite recovery efforts
Health director-general Sandile Buthelezi, two other officials arrested for fraud, theft
Buthelezi was previously implicated and later cleared in the Digital Vibes scandal
ANC decries ‘bullying tactics’ as cracks threaten KwaZulu-Natal governing coalition
Schism in the KZN provincial government over threat to place department under administration
ANC, DA square off over budget
The Democratic Alliance won’t back the budgets for the departments of higher education, human settlements and police
SA gets R520 million to buy the twice-a-year anti-HIV jab – but there’s a snag
The country isn’t getting extra money from the Global Fund to Fight Aids, TB and Malaria; it has to use cash from a grant it has already been awarded and was cut by 16% in June
Cabinet invokes Public Finance Management Act to justify historic budget delay
Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavhenini said the postponement was necessary to address funding challenges within a constrained fiscal environment
Cabinet spokesperson shoots down DA claims of Budget victory
The rand depreciated after the postponement of the budget speech to 12 March
Parliament wants to meet Zulu king over Ingonyama Trust Board crisis
MPs want the monarch to ‘hold back’ in attempts to suspend board members and its executives
ITB leaders back at work despite ‘suspension’ by Zulu king
The monarch’s lawyer tried to stop board executives from entering the Ingonyama Trust Board premises but failed
Land and reform minister says King MisuZulu acted beyond his powers in suspending ITB members
Minister Mzwanele Nyhontso said the members of the Ingonyama Trust Board would therefore remain in office ‘until the minister decides otherwise’
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
Department of defence still reviewing SA-Cuba agreements
It has been 19 months since then defence minister Thandi Modise said the bilateral agreement and its controversial sub-contracts were being assessed
Gauteng Education MEC Chiloane implicated in Pule Mabe’s R27 million fraud case
The provincial government leader allegedly received R185 000 from the spoils of the tender
Lesufi allegedly buried forensic report into R273 million school uniform corruption
The premier said he had released the report into the matter, but would not say when or where
Pule Mabe says he will plead not guilty in R27m tender fraud case
Mabe conceded that he may lose his NEC position due to the ANC’s step-aside resolution