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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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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Apparently Zuma is not the only one with a counting problem – It seems that NSFAS wrongly paid R500 million to students
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It is not only Jacob Zuma who can not count because the National Student Financial Assistance Scheme has wrongly paid more than R500 million to students. This means students received more money than they should have. In addition, approximately R303 million of unauthorized expenses were incurred. The body has now issued loans to the value..
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New trend to help cash strapped SA, pay R4 if you want to use the toilet at Home Affairs
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People visiting Home Affairs in Cofimvaba near Queenstown, Eastern Cape, say security guards force them to pay R4 if they need to use the toilet. If they don’t pay, they are told to “hold it in” or use an open field nearby to relieve themselves. GroundUp visits Home Affairs in Cofimvaba, Eastern Cape This “business”..
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Eastern Cape ‘defies’ National Treasury
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The Eastern Cape government is under fire for allegedly approving the payment of more than R170-million on broadband services in a deal that was not authorised by the National Treasury. The province wants to connect its departments with fast internet to improve service delivery. More than 7‚100 sites had to be connected‚ the Daily Dispatch..
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SASSA IRREGULAR EXPENDITURE GROWS TO R1.4 BILLION
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In Sassa’s latest financial statements tabled in Parliament on Friday, the Auditor General says the agency did not take effective steps to prevent the irregular expenditure. The Auditor General has deemed the R43 million spent by the South Africa Social Security Agency (Sassa) on so-called work streams to have been irregular. In Sassa’s latest financial..
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