Public Works Minister Patricia de Lille has vowed to act against officials implicated in irregular expenditure related to the late stalwart Winnie Madikizela-Mandela’s funeral and those of two other ANC veterans. It’s alleged a service provider inflated invoices, costing taxpayers a staggering R76 million. De Lille has reportedly recommended that government should cap state funerals…
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Taxpayers fork out more than R76m for funeral cost of ANC veterans
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De Lille reveals over 3,000 Public Works employees do business with department and 300 of those employees have their own companies
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Patricia De Lille says more needs to be done to ensure people who work for the state don’t do business with the department Public Works Minister Patricia de Lille has revealed more than 3,700 Public Works employees are doing business with the department. She said 300 of those employees have their own companies and, in..
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Controversial District Six is going to be redeveloped – the process will cost taxpayers millions – But will it have a significant benefit?
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The Minister of Agriculture and Land Reform, Thoko Didiza, has apparently announced a comprehensive plan for the redevelopment of the once-controversial District Six, in Cape Town. A structure, known as the District Six Working Committee, has apparently re-identified the District Six area as a colored residential area, which will now be transferred in various phases..
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MINISTERS ‘FINANCES MUST BE REDUCED – Taxpayers are picking up the bills for home cleaning products, security improvements and cellphones
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The Minister of Public Service and Administration Senzo Mchunu on Monday announced several changes to the ministerial manual. Ministers will now not be allowed to pay more than R700 000 for a car, official flights within South Africa must be undertaken in economy class. The state will also no longer pay for security upgrades at..
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Taxpayers funds ANC government failures – the country is suffering while ANC cadres live in splendor
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“The goose that lays the golden eggs and who has to pay for the ANC’s failures – the taxpayer – can no longer,” says Wouter Wessels, FF Plus MP and chief spokesperson for finance. “It is also not necessary for anyone to attend the Standing Committee on Budgets to see that the country is in..
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President Cyril wants to squander R25bn of taxpayers’ money on projects in Northern Transvaal
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“From now on, every model will be seriously monitored, and those who show up with corruption plans will be asked to leave,” was ANC President Ramaphosa’s warning during the kick-off opportunity of his R25 billion project. Ramaphosa undertook to visit the Northern Transvaal for two days to attend the two separate projects kick-off events. The..
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R84 million Free State Cuban Technical Advisers Program died a sudden death without solving the “water problem”
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The Secretary-General of the ANC, and former Prime Minister of the Free State, Ace Magashule’s plan to bring Cuban engineers to South Africa to solve the Free State’s “water problems”, then wasted millions of Rand. The so-called Cuban engineers were welcomed with a huge ceremony when they came here from Cuba for four years. Of..
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Taxpayers fork out millions for 703 vacant state-owned buildings
New R28.6 billion project at Ethekwini Municipality just another initiative for ANC government to waste money
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Another failed ANC project under the guise of the Khawuleza Model launched at the expense of impoverished taxpayers. The ruling ANC president, Cyril Ramaphosa, declared that the Khawuleza municipality and environment is the place to create jobs. He launched the so-called metropolitan version for the Khawuleza District Development Model, which is believed to also improve..
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De Lille reveals that SA taxpayers are paying R70 Million annually to house members of parliament (MPs) at official residences in Cape Town
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Patricia De Lille is the Public Works and Infrastructure Minister. She shared how the state had paid around R750 million over the fourth and fifth parliament to house MPs at the three parliamentary villages in the province. The expenditure occurred between 2009 and 2019. De Lille was responding to a written parliamentary question from Democratic..
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SA taxpayers are among the highly taxed in the world – and it could get worse
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Economists say we will most likely see an increase in personal tax and the fuel levy, as government tries to ramp up tax collection. They say government is running out of options to raise money after SARS missed its collection targets over the past few years. Analysts say it’s now a certainty that SARS will..
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ANC regime’s NHI plan back in the news – according to spokesman it will be wisely implemented – As if the ANC knows what wisely means!
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The ANC’s National Health Plan is back in the news after the party’s spokesman said the scheme would be implemented with “prudence”.
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National Health Plan is going to need at least R180bn to R250bn for 12-month spending – with SA’s faltering economy that’s a disproportionate amount
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Implementing a National Health Plan does not mean, like Eskom, demanding a R50 billion from the government’s money it has collected from taxpayers. The reality is, too, that it cannot come into effect by making a slight upward adjustment in the personal taxes levied. The reality is that at least R180bn to R250bn will be..
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Taxpayers forks out R5.4 million for absent civil servants who are currently sitting at home and doing absolutely nothing
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Taxpayers have so far paid about R5.4 million on civil servants salaries who sit at home due to improper sickness or temporary disability leave in the past year and not doing any work at all. The largest amount of money was paid out by the Department of Environmental Affairs with a huge sum of R1,6..
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Bloodhounds are sucking SA motorists dry so that the ANC can benefit – total fuel tax comes to R5.73 now while little of the levy is intended for the right purpose due to corruption and mismanagement
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A newly released report shows that South Africa’s motorists are being “sucked dry” with heavy levies while little of its intended for the right purpose. Ten years ago, the total tax on fuel was R1.77 and now it has become R5.73 per liter. Financial experts point out that the government is abusing the fuel levy..
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