Author: staff
The Westville Ratepayers Association (WRA) in Durban has hauled the eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality to court, this time over rates imposed over 21 years ago, saying those rates were invalid because no public participation processes were followed.
A little-known company controlled by Tembisa Hospital tycoon Vusimusi Cat Matlala landed a R360-million police tender midway through 2024. A high-ranking cop on the panel, who appointed Matlala’s firm, resigned three weeks before the deal was awarded and now works with the man she helped appoint.
The Department of Home Affairs says former minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula personally facilitated a meeting between state capture-accused Atul Gupta and top officials over his nephew’s permanent residence application – which she “unlawfully” signed off on.
Water and Sanitation Minister Pemmy Majodina has proposed that water infrastructure in strategic areas be declared national key points to deal with water tanker mafia’s sabotage of water supply systems as a way to ensure municipalities give them business.
In a surprising twist in the Reinhardt Leach murder trial, the State agreed with the defence that there were substantial and compelling circumstances allowing a deviation from the maximum sentence of life imprisonment because Leach was allegedly doing someone else’s bidding when he killed Vicki Terblanche.
Hyprop Investments, one of SA’s largest shopping mall owners, reported a more than 10% climb in earnings for its half-year to end December. It has also decided to raise its payout ratio as it expressed confidence in a local portfolio that has seen mostly improved trading metrics.
Two of the five men arrested for the kidnapping of an Ethiopian businessman on Monday were previously sanctioned by the United States Treasury for their affiliations with ISIS, highlighting their involvement in the notorious network’s South African operations.
The ANC and DA want to claim responsibility for a newfound commitment to reviewing government spending, and each is desperate to stop the other from taking the credit. But for SA, it doesn’t matter – it’s a victory for the taxpayer, writes Carol Paton.
An email thread about eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality’s payment to one of the companies accused in the R320 million Durban Solid Waste tender fraud case shows that some senior officials in the finance department were apprehensive about the amount billed in the invoice.
The late Mark Lifman and his alleged associate Jerome Booysen suspected that steroid smuggler Brian Wainstein was “taxing” businesses in Cape Town, according to a summary of a phone call intercepted by police months before Wainstein’s murder.