A senior government official is being investigated for allegedly splashing thousands of rands of taxpayer’s money on a car for his girlfriend and furniture for her house during a two-year spending spree.
Between 2014 and 2016, July Maphosa, a director at the sustainable livelihoods programme of the Gauteng department of social development, which is meant to support needy families, also allegedly instructed a service provider to transfer funds to buy a luxurious car for a friend.
The truth about allegations of ‘Boeremag’ infiltrating SITA systems have been revealed in a media release in reaction to media reports of 2 May 2018, of allegations made in parliament of so-called ‘Boeremag’ infiltration of government SITA system. The media release also reacts to allegations that former SITA employee, the now imprisoned, Mr André du Toit, is involved with SITA infiltration.
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The high expectations generated by the parliamentary motion of the ANC and EFF on the expropriation of land without compensation, are now resulting in the incitement of poor people to occupy land unlawfully. The EFF abuses these expectations by proffering that land grabbing is a quick fix for the problems the poor face. It is almost as if some really believe that owning a farm will turn you into a “rich boss” overnight.
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President Cyril Ramaphosa hit back at critics of the national minimum wage, saying that the proposed R20 an hour is just a baseline towards establishing a living wage for workers in South Africa.
Addressing workers at trade union federation Cosatu’s main May Day event in Nelson Mandela Bay on Tuesday, the president admitted the minimum wage is not a living wage.
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The Cape Town Democratic Alliance (DA) caucus has supported the motion of no confidence against mayor Patricia De Lille after a three-hour-long caucus, says deputy caucus leader JP Smith.
An internal motion of no confidence against Cape Town Mayor Patricia De Lille was passed during a …..
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A parliamentary official has been exposed for wasting millions on some rather ridiculous travel costs. Now, he will have to account for himself.
Parliamentary chief Gengezi Mgidlana is in very hot water over a finding that shows him spending R4m of taxpayers’ money on transport. On Friday, the Cape Town High Court dismissed his bid to stop Parliament carrying out a disciplinary hearing.
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In what has been a very rewarding start to his UK visit, Cyril Ramaphosa’s land grab gamble has paid off and he will be bringing home the bacon when he returns to South Africa. Nothing like a pair of open black palms to get the white liberals to open their wallets…
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Embattled minister in the presidency for women Bathabile Dlamini and Sassa acting CEO Pearl Bhengu have been given until Monday to explain why they should not foot the bill for the CPS contract extension.
Last month, the Constitutional Court gave Dlamini and Bhengu until Monday to explain, via affidavits, why they shouldn’t be held personally liable to foot the bill for the extension of the Cash Paymaster Services (CPS) contract to continue distributing social grants.
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The South African Federation of Trade Unions will celebrate its one-year anniversary by “making South African ungovernable” unless the state scraps the national minimum wage in its current format and introduces fair labour laws.
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Cape Town Mayor Patricia de Lille is expected to give reasons to the Democratic Alliance on why she attended a memorial hosted by the Economic Freedom Fighters for Winnie Madikizela-Mandela.
DA Federal Executive chairperson James Selfe said that De Lille was required to consult the party before she attended the memorial service in Brandfort, Free State, where Madikizela-Mandela was banished by the apartheid regime.
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The former ANC MP claims she got wind of a desperate Zuma plot to declare a state of emergency and hang on to power.
On Monday on Facebook former ANC MP Vytjie Mentor repeated the rumour from earlier this year that former president Jacob Zuma had intended to arrest Cyril Ramaphosa instead of step down.
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Parliament’s committee on public enterprises will reach out to the Hawks to help track down the Gupta brothers so that they can be issued a summons to appear before the Eskom inquiry.
Chair of the inquiry Zukiswa Rantho told Fin24 by phone on Tuesday that the brothers Ajay, Atul and Rajesh were to appear before the committee along with former SAA board chair Dudu Myeni and Gupta business associate Duduzani Zuma on Wednesday.
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For too long the media and the commentariat have indulged too kindly Malema’s various poisonous prejudices.
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The power utility had requested a 30% hike as part of its plan to recover tens of billions of rands lost to coal procurement, as well as the lower than expected electricity sales between 2014 and 2017, which some have labelled as the “Gupta years”.
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The ANC will not support Jacob Zuma in his upcoming corruption trial, but the party’s members can — as long as they don’t wear the party’s regalia.
This is a very different approach from Zuma’s rape trial, as well as initial attempts to lay corruption charges against him, in which he received overwhelming support from ANC structures, with many calling the charges politically motivated.
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