The overall bankrupt municipality of Fetakgomo Tubatse, which includes towns of Burgersfort, Ohrigstad, Steelpoor, made the foolish decision to dismiss an existing contractor who asked R500,000 to wire homes for electricity. Instead of the company, a new contract was accepted where Eskom would do the job at a huge R9.8m. Patience Busane, the controversial municipal..
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Foolish decision by controversial municipal manager sends off a major disaster, can it be attributed to corruption or incompetence to make decisions wisely?
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With the ANC regime in power in SA there are at least 24 municipalities under administration, all due to general incompetence of officials
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At least 24 municipalities are under administration. This is the result of poor financial management, the inability to reduce debt and general incompetence of officials. Add fraud and bribery to the list and a council is doomed. Reports state that 87 of the country’s 257 municipalities are currently dysfunctional. We can’t blame taxpayers for being..
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What a shock, look here how much the municipal top management earn, and you are paying them:- The ‘Fat Cats’ of this country’s Municipalities
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Senior municipal managers, those in charge of high ‘ranking’ areas, will indeed earn more than President Cyril Ramaphosa.
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Municipal managers, which include a lot of technical bankrupt municipalities, now earn R3.9 million a year for doing nothing actually
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Municipal managers’ new salary structures have just come into force with the announcement that they will now “earn” R3.9 million a year. The second in command then gets about R3 million a year. In many cases, work is outsourced by several private companies, while officials do little work but still receive astronomical salaries. The huge..
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Unnecessary excessive expenses that taxpayers has to fork out! Johannesburg City Council is considering a tender application of R1,2 billion for a fleet of vehicles
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Questions are raised after it became known that the Johannesburg City Council is considering a tender application worth R1.2 billion for its fleet of vehicles. The current R1,4 billion tender with Avis over the past four years expires at the end of October and a new tender for just 30 months is on the table..
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Bankrupt Mangaung Metro does not have money for service delivery, but can spend a whopping R4.5 million during a festival
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Despite assurances that the bankrupt Mangaung Metro did not give money to the Macufe Festival, Netwerk24 has reliably learned that R4.5 million has been paid to the organizers. Executive Mayor Olly Mlamleli apparently requested a R4,5 million check for payment to C-Squared. C-Squared organizes the Mangaung Arts and Cultural Festival, which has just been held..
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Facts to know on what is the “Great VBS Bank Heist” all about?
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Advocate Terry Motau has released his report into what might be the biggest banking scandal ever to be uncovered in South Africa.
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No wonder municipal service delivery is so poor in SA because 50% of city councils bosses are not qualified for the position they currently holds
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Nhlanhla Nene, finance minister, revealed that more than half of the country’s municipal managers and chief financial officers did not meet the minimum eligibility criteria for the position they hold. On inquiry, he said that only 79 of the 218 financial officers were properly qualified, while in nearly 40 municipalities there were vacancies for both..
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Nelson Mandela Bay’s budget is being allocated to poor areas – Could it be true and will poor white communities also benefit?
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The mayor of the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality, including Port Elizabeth, announced that the total budget of the city will be allocated to poor areas. It follows after Athol Trollip was removed as mayor and Mongameli Bobani took over his position. The DA is currently working on a court application to fight Trollip’s removal. Read..
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This is how ANC waste taxpayers money – After a year, R20 million’s Casspirs has not yet made their appearance
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After almost R20 million was paid for the provision of three armored vehicles to the eThekwini municipality a year ago, there is still no sign of the vehicles. Vehicle licensing is now reported as the reason for the delay. Read the original article in Afrikaans on Die Vryburger
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The DA is just as bad as the ANC party – Fire trucks under DA’s management, broken
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Claims that the DA are doing belter in managing their cities than the ANC are proven wrong. After the devastating fire that occurred in the Johannesburg city center, it became clear that it is not only the ANC who fails to maintain essential equipment. The DA mayor of Johannesburg, Herman Mashaba, had to admit that..
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City of Joburg: An electricity bill from hell – Man billed R17m for water and electricity
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Your water and electricity bill comes in at R17m owed. Do you panic or do you panic? At the start of August, a homeowner of the City of Johannesburghad been hit with a R17m water and electricity bill. While he wasn’t even living in the house, he knew something was off as he had just..
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Businesses won’t pay the municipalities … but ESKOM directly
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While 96 municipalities across the country are scrambling to negotiate payment agreements with Eskom for overdue bills that amount to R27.8-billion, local businesses are fighting to pay Eskom directly, bypassing the municipalities, in a bid to keep the local economies going.
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Traffic police will now have to do foot patrols in Emfuleni district after Bidvest seized municipal vehicles
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On Wednesday, the Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) released a statement condemning the current disastrous state of Emfuleni municipality. With the organisation now boasting former ANC MP Dr Makhosi Khoza as its new Executive Director responsible for its local government programme. The Emfuleni municipality in Gauteng has had its basic vehicle fleet, including essential service..
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More and more unqualified local government officials are being hunted down, while qualified whites sits on the sidewalk
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Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene has written to National Assembly Speaker Baleka Mbete with amendments to municipal regulations, allowing a new, shorter time limit for local government officials to get the necessary qualifications to do their jobs.
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