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More than R150 million in government tenders went to suppliers linked to state employees, with R121 million of the amount spent between April 2023 and March 2024 going to companies owned or managed by close family members of government employees.
Sfundo Phiwayinkosi Hlongwane – an 11-year-old boy living with cerebral palsy because of medical negligence – only saw half of his nearly R10-million settlement from the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Health, with the balance allegedly embezzled by unscrupulous and greedy lawyers.
More than R150 million in government tenders went to suppliers linked to state employees with R121 million of the amount spent between April 2023 and March 2024 going to companies owned or managed by close family members of government employees.
The Eastern Cape government plans to collect more than R320 million in the current financial year from patients transferred from public to private healthcare facilities, after they regained consciousness from being in a critical condition.
Introducing her private members’ bill for the establishment of an anti-corruption commission to the Portfolio Committee on Justice and Constitutional Development, DA MP Glynnis Breytenbach emphasised the independence that her envisioned commission would have as a Chapter 9 institution.
Shares in Pepkor surged nearly 5% on Tuesday to reach their highest level in at least three years, after the retailer reported strong full-year profit growth and market share gains across its PEP, Ackermans, speciality clothing and cellular phone businesses.
From illegal land occupations peaking during the Covid-19 pandemic to the gentrification of historic neighbourhoods, this News24 special report tells the stories of the families affected by the housing crisis and their battle to find a place they can call home.
Octodec Properties reported a 7.4% decline in full-year distributable income and dividends as it grappled with economic challenges, high interest rates and a Johannesburg gas explosion that disrupted its retail and residential operations.
Over the next five years, the National Assembly’s finance committee will do more than just follow taxpayers’ money that has been mismanaged, it also wants to prevent corruption from inception, according to the chairperson of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts, Songezo Zibi.
Three toddlers looked on wide-eyed as Public Safety MMC Mgcini Tshwaku, a delegation from JMPD, and private security walked into their tiny shack on the second floor of 242 Marshall Street in Marshalltown, Johannesburg CBD on Monday morning.