Eastern Cape Premier, Oscar Mabuyane has vehemently denied having any involvement in the embezzlement of R450 000 from the embattled Mbizana Municipality. As reported by SABC News, at the time Mabuyane was elected as the Premier of Eastern Cape, he had yet to answer to questions around why R450 000, allegedly extracted from R1.1-million that..
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Eastern Cape Premier denies splurging R450 000 taxpayers money on home renovations that was commissioned from the cash-strapped Mbizana Municipality
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Punishment doesn’t really fit the crime! – What the disgraced eThekwini mayor will earn while on special leave at the taxpayer’s expense after her toilet tender scandal
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The punishment doesn’t really fit the crime on this one. Zandile Gumede may be on “special leave”, but her salary payments won’t be taking a break. Embattled eThekwini Mayor Zandile Gumede begins 30 days of “special leave” on Monday, as mandated by the ANC’s Provincial Executive Committee Meeting this weekend. The members have claimed this..
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Pretoria’s homeless want keys to government building that has been unused for five years
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Pretoria’s homeless want keys to unused government building in Salvokop. It makes no sense to sleep in the streets when government owns a brand new building that hasn’t been unused for years since it was built. This sentiment was expressed by leaders of Pretoria homeless people who yesterday gathered outside the locked building in Salvokop…
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Dear Taxpayer, brace yourself for some more SHOCKING news:- Eskom: Yet another taxpayer-funded bailout looms amid court action
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Dig deep, Mzansi. Eskom wants your tax money again. Rumors of a fresh bailout have been sparked after a Treasury official said it’s a case of “when, not if”. Power giants Eskom have suffered a double-blow this weekend after it emerged that they would need bailouts on top of bailouts to really get itself up..
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Junk status winks for Mangaung Metro with liabilities exceeding assets; officials receive generous salaries and cellphone stipends, while levels of service delivery are non-existent
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The ANC-controlled Mangaung Metro faces junk status after Moody’s rating agency said further downgrading would be considered if the municipality do not urgently get its household in order. The Bloemfontein municipality is in truth already bankrupt with liabilities exceeding assets of nearly R1bn and with over R6bn of outstanding debt. In fact, Moody’s indicated..
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Refuse backlog woes continues at Tlokwe Municipality, governed by the ANC- Only two garbage trucks left to collect refuse in Potchefstroom due to mismanagement and ageing fleet
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Refuse backlog woes continues to be an impediment to restore Potchefstroom and Ikageng to the clean and impeccable state it was in the past. Washington Ncogolo, the spokesperson of the waste management employees says although they are trying their best and walking an extra mile to keep the city clean, they are now left with..
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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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Struggling Eastern Cape municipality’s funds used to renovate home of ANC provincial chairman
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Over R1m siphoned from a municipality in the Eastern Cape was used to renovate the home of ANC provincial chairman and premier designate Oscar Mabuyane. An invoice of R1.1m was fraudulently generated under the guise that it was for plant hire for a road construction project. However, R450,000 of that money was transferred to a..
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ANC –regime states that water supply in SA is sufficient to meet all demands although sewage pollution and no maintenance of municipal structures wastes millions of liters of water
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South Africa has enough water to provide the residents within the winter months, but then it must be used sparingly. This is according to ANC government spokesman who also states that the water is sufficient to meet the needs during the coming dry months of the year. However, experts are much more concerned about the..
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SA economy is facing a big setback – Industrialists and entrepreneurs are packing up and leaving SA due to Eskom’s huge tariff increases
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The ANC’s president’s dreams are shattering at this time because of the huge tariff increases Eskom is now charging the municipalities. Big institutions say they are tired of Eskom’s reckless tariff adjustments, and some industrialists have already packed up and left the country. Industries that is depended for electricity to the manufacture of certain goods,..
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City of Tshwane residents, this is where your tax money is going to – Tshwane spends R60 000 daily on abandoned business park
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The City of Tshwane is spending at least R60 000 daily on the abandoned R525 million Business Processing Outsourcing park (BPO) in Hammanskraal. Launched in 2016 by the then ANC administration, the project promised to create 3000 jobs through on-site training, technical support and incubators for small and medium micro-enterprises. It stalled under the watch..
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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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Sh*thole country? – Swimming, surfing and fishing banned in Durban due to raw sewage in water – surf contest, been called to protect the safety and health of surfers
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Swimming, surfing and fishing have been banned in Durban due to raw sewage in the water. Hundreds of thousands of litres of raw sewage is flowing into the port every hour. The eThekwini municipality’s health unit, on Thursday, ordered the City’s parks, recreation and culture department to ban all bathing on Durban’s beaches until further..
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ANC governed Municipality that owes worker R100 Million faces Prosecution For Alleged Cheating With Employee Benefits
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Free State Kopanong Municipality (area of Edenburg and Trompsburg) owes its employees about R100 million in pension, medical aid and insurance policies. In the midst of evident evidence, the Hawks Unit has stopped the investigation for unknown reasons. The municipality is now facing prosecution for alleged cheating with the workers’ benefits, which will probably be..
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Mayhem and havoc broke out at Steynsrus as illegal protesters destroyed infrastructure and looted town
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Following havoc and mayhem that took place, recently at Steynsrus and Kroonstad where critical infrastructure and resources were destroyed, the Provincial Commissioner of the police in Mpumalanga, Lieutenant General Mondli Zuma spat fire, condemning the perpetrators, masquerading as concerned and affected citizens whereas some have criminal intent of cashing on the misery of citizens. The..
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