The suspension and placement on special leave of these executives, is to ensure a fair process based on a principle of innocent until proven guilty. The Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) has announced that it has terminated the employment contract of its former company secretary Matome Mohube with immediate effect. This comes after..
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Innocent until proven guilty? Prasa places three executives on special leave, terminates former secretary’s contract – wonder if those placed on special leave will still receive full remuneration?
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South African Municipal Workers’ Union goes after corrupt officials for plundering R88m from workers’ coffers
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The embattled South African Municipal Workers’ Union (Samwu) said on Wednesday that it has mandated its national office bearers to open criminal cases against other persons and companies involved in stealing money from the union account. This as Samwu confirmed that the workers’ coffers had been plundered of almost R88 million in just three years..
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South Africans could soon be jailed for these CV lies, so be warned!
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South Africa’s National Qualifications Amendment Bill is on the brink of being signed into law. Once that happens, it could lead to jail time for those who fabricate CV qualifications. The National Qualifications Amendment Bill is one of the new laws President Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to sign off on soon. Signing new bills into..
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Interesting facts:- 10 Things politicians aren’t allowed to keep secret from Parliament
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If you’re an MP and someone has gone all out for your birthday, you’ll have to tell Parliament. In fact, there are many private things you have to make public. As our sixth Parliament convenes for their first day on the job, there will be a few fresh faces coming into the National Assembly. Hopefully,..
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US ‘disappointed’ at South African government for extraditing former minister to Mozambique and wanted him to face corruption charges in America
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The US Wednesday said it was greatly disappointed that South Africa had sent home a disgraced former Mozambican finance minister who it wanted to face corruption charges in America. The US embassy in Pretoria expressed Washington’s “great disappointment” at the decision, saying former minister Manuel Chang was accused of carrying out a $2 billion fraud..
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Bethlehem municipal manager arrested for fraud and corruption of approximately R35m – so taxpayers just have to cough and pay while service delivery continues to deteriorate
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Another municipal official has been arrested for fraud and corruption. This time in Bethlehem, where the board’s manager, along with a security owner, was arrested on fraud and corruption complaints. Tender procedures are not followed in attempts to enrich city council members. The security firm involved, Zero Tolerance, and the amount lost has exceeded R35..
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Plot of corruption thickens: Magashule’s former secretary allegedly scored R100m for CCTV cameras that don’t work
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A company belonging to the former secretary of ANC secretary general Ace Magashule has earned more than R100m for, among other things, providing CCTV cameras to the Mangaung metro – most of which allegedly don’t work or have never worked. Netwerk24 reported on Wednesday that a Bloemfontein-based attorney, who wishes to remain anonymous, made these..
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Public Protector, Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s expertise questioned with her report on Vrede Dairy Farm project and action to rather protect perpetrators than prosecute them
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The South African Public Protector appointed by Jacob Zuma after the exit of Madonsela’s actions is so suspicious that political experts question her expertise in office. This follows after the High Court in Pretoria declared that the Public Protector’s report on the Vrede Dairy Farm project is unconstitutional and invalid. Opinion polls believe that the..
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Zuma is appoints new legal team in desperate attempt to escape prosecution for alleged corruption
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Former president Zuma has appointed a new legal team to defend his case in desperate attempts to escape prosecution for alleged corruption. However, experts believe that Zuma’s new team of legal representatives will struggle to get him acquitted, and will also fail to meet Zuma’s desire to end the trial against him. The corruption case..
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Sars auditors jailed after being caught with R200,000 cash bribe to make KZN businessman tax problems disappear
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Two former SA Revenue Service (Sars) customs auditors will spend three years in jail for attempting to solicit a bribe from a prominent KwaZulu-Natal businessman “to make his tax problems disappear”. Pranesh Maharaj and Reuben Moodley were both caught red-handed with cash bribes of R100,000 in brown envelopes during a police operation in March last..
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R1.6 billion stolen from the Eastern Cape’s social development fund – Funds meant for roads, houses and schools ended up going towards fancy dinners, luxury cars and expensive suits
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The South African National Treasury has compiled a series of reports detailing gross expenditure irregularities within the Eastern Cape. These reports have been obtained by City Press, and the information now made public. The Treasury reports rely on information gathered from special audit services conducted between 2011 and 2017. The audits scrutinised expenses related to..
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eThekwini mayor Zandile, ally of former president Jacob Zuma, in hot water over R25 million toilet scam
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eThekwini mayor Zandile Gumede will be appearing in the regional commercial crimes court in Durban on Tuesday, in what is expected to become one of the most high-profile corruption cases in recent years. Gumede is expected to be handing herself over to the Hawks, following which she will be appearing in court on a string..
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These are apparently some of the perks of holding an executive position at Transnet – The high life of a Herbert Msagala includes 6 cars, 4 properties and a very posh home even though this state owned entity is bankrupt?
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Forensic report found exec bought six cars – including a Maserati – four properties and a posh home in Steyn City. He bought a top-of-the-range Maserati Coupé, four properties for cash in just seven months and received a fat deposit for his posh house paid for by a service provider. The details of how Herbert..
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South Africa Re-elects A Corrupt, Racist, Incompetent, Nepotist ANC Again! White Guilt No Longer Required, Poverty is What The People Want!
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As South Africa teeters on the brink, it re-elects hopeless ANC again! Do we now finally admit that post-apartheid South Africa has totally failed at its role as Africa’s shining light of a liberal multicultural democracy? While it is not the European white man’s job to tell Africans how to manage their rich and spectacular land or who to vote for, it is our duty to be honest with them if we think they have lost their way.
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One queue ‘for whites’, another ‘for blacks’ in Wellington was not racist, says IEC, now we can just wonder if the white voters X are being counted or were it destroyed (video’s included)
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Courtney Sampson says officials separated voters according to their registration status and not their race. Speaking after a press briefing at the Western Cape provincial results operation centre (PROC) provincial electoral officer Courtney Sampson said he was told by electoral officers at the scene that the incident in which voters were apparently separated into two..
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