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Giwusa wants tender system scrapped after dismal municipal audit outcomes
The General Industries Workers Union of South Africa (GIWUSA) is calling for accountability for public officials who facilitated corruption and…
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Auditor General recovers R1.29 bln in taxpayers’ money from Govt irregularities
The office of the Auditor General says it has managed to recover about R1.29 billion of taxpayers’ money identified as…
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SCOPA not pleased with RAF regarding 2020/21 financial report
Parliameant’s Standing Committee on Public Accounts (SCOPA) has criticised the Road Accident Fund (RAF) for not resolving its dispute with…
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EFF calls for NPA to be turned into a Chapter 9 institution
The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) has called for the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) to be made a Chapter 9 institution,…
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We are not in a crisis, says Tshwane mayor
Tshwane Mayor Cilliers Brink says while the city owes billions of rands to its creditors, there is no crisis in…
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Tsakani Maluleke attributes Midvaal Local Municipality clean audit to public participation
According to the Auditor General, Tsakani Maluleke, public participation is one of the reasons the Midvaal Local Municipality has managed…
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Auditor General: 38/257 SA municipalities achieve clean audits
Auditor General Tsakani Maluleke said only 38 out of 257 municipalities in South African achieved a clean audit. Maluleke presented…
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South Africa officially back under national state of disaster
South Africa is officially back under a national state of disaster. The government has gazetted sweeping regulations to deal with…
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Tshwane mayor: Irregular expenditure flagged by AG accumulated over a few years
Tshwane Mayor Randall Williams said the billions of rands in irregular expenditure that was flagged by the Auditor-General was an…
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EFF questions Gauteng leadership after City of Tshwane irregular expenditure
The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) in Gauteng has expressed concern that most municipalities in the province continue to receive adverse…
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Lebogang Maile heads to court over AG audit report
The Gauteng Human Settlements Department is taking the Auditor-General to court. This comes after Tsakani Maluleke painted a bleak picture…
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ANC government has not been a failure, says David Mabuza
Deputy President David Mabuza said that the African National Congress (ANC) government had not been a failure. Mabuza said that…
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SOE reform has been too slow, says AG
The Auditor-General’s office says the government has been too slow in turning around ailing state-owned enterprises. The failure to submit…
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Parliament wants action against SABC execs for billions in irregular expenditure
Parliamentarians on Tuesday said they wanted action to be taken against South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) officials and executives for…
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President Ramaphosa urges local government officials to end looting in municipalities
President Cyril Ramaphosa said he was disheartened by annual reports from the office of the Auditor-General, which continuously showed financial…
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President Ramaphosa urges municipal leaders to tighten administrative & financial controls
President Cyril Ramaphosa has cautioned that mayors need to pay careful attention to the 2020-21 audit outcomes amid a dismal…
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AG cleared of corruption allegations
An executive in the Office of the Auditor General South Africa (Agsa) has landed himself in hot water over allegations…
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President Ramaphosa says many municipalities are failing
President Cyril Ramaphosa says malfeasance in municipalities is a threat to the constitutional order. Ramaphosa was speaking at a South…
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AG not optimistic about the future of 247 struggling municipalities
Auditor-General Tsakani Maluleke has cast doubt that 247 municipalities will continue operating optimally in future due to their dire financial…
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Auditor-general hits ground running in KZN to prevent corruption over floods funds
Auditor-general Tsakani Maluleke says the process is already under way to conduct real-time audits in the departments, entities and municipalities…
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AG could release KZN floods report in August
The Auditor-General has issued letters to accounting officers in KwaZulu-Natal on measures to prevent fraud and corruption during the use…
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Auditor general: SAA has racked up more than R22 billion in fruitless expenditure
The Office of the Auditor-General says South African Airways (SAA) has racked up more than R22 billion in irregular, fruitless…
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President Ramaphosa announces oversight task team to ensure no looting of KZN relief funds
President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced an oversight task team to ensure that there will be no looting of the KwaZulu-Natal…
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KZN Premier Zikalala vows to act decisively against officials stealing from flood victims
KwaZulu-Natal Premier Sihle Zikalala said that government officials would not be spared from harsh punishment if found stealing from the…
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AG warns Health Dept officials will face questions if Pfizer jabs go to waste
Health authorities will face a grilling from the Auditor-General of South Africa if thousands of vials of COVID-19 vaccine expire…
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RAF denies hiding over R300 billion debt
The Road Accident Fund (RAF) says it respects and will cooperate with the Auditor-General. This is despite a legal battle…
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Road Accident Fund asks court to block making audit report public
The Road Accident Fund (RAF) yesterday asked the Gauteng Hight Court, Pretoria, to gag the office of the Auditor-General from…
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Report: Millions wasted on stalled government projects
Government refurbishing and construction projects that have stalled have resulted in the wastage of millions of rands of taxpayers’ money.…
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Auditor-General raised red flags about Digital Vibes – Health Minister Joe Phaahla
Health Minister Joe Phaahla says it was only after the Auditor-eneral flagged concerns about the Digital Vibes tender, that it…
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Auditor-General says irregular expenditure rises to over R166bn
Irregular expenditure has risen to over R166-billion. That’s an increase of R57-billion since last year. Auditor-General Tsakani Maluleke says this…
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Gauteng blows almost R10 billion on irregular expenditure
The Gauteng provincial government managed to blow a total of R9,7 billion in fruitless, wasteful, and irregular expenditure during the…
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Some Sassa payments halted after thousands benefitted SRD R350 grant improperly
The South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) said at least 31,955 people improperly benefitted from the R350 Social Relief of…
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Auditor-General Tsakani Maluleke – I cannot complete audits by due date because of Covid-19
Auditor-General Tsakani Maluleke told Parliament the delays by her office to complete the auditing of national and provincial departments last…
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ANC blamed for water supply crisis in eThekwini
Opposition political parties in the eThekwini Metro have on Friday blamed the collapse of the city’s water infrastructure on the…
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Farm evictions by government officials cost dept R2 bilion – report
The latest Auditor-General’s report shows the eviction of farmers from their profitable farming enterprises by rogue government officials has resulted…
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AG Tsakani Maluleke says procurement of PPEs saw the biggest corruption
The Auditor-General said the procurement of personal protective equipment (PPE) remained the biggest target in COVID-19-related corruption. AG Tsakani Maluleke…
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MEC Parks Tau to feel the heat after one of his agencies dodges auditor-general
Newly-appointed Gauteng MEC for Economic Development, Agriculture and Rural Development Parks Tau is set to face a baptism of fire…
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SANDF slammed for importing COVID-19 drugs unlawfully
The Military Ombudsman said it won’t be investigating the Defence Department’s import of drugs because the Auditor-General is still probing…
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Minister Nxesi says entire UIF management is suspended
Labour Minister Thulas Nxesi says the entire Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) management has been suspended. Nxesi’s announcement follows the briefing…
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Auditor-General Kimi Makwetu releases local govt audit results
Auditor-General Kimi Makwetu is to release local government audit results for the 2018\19 financial year. The previous data showed an…
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Sihle Zikalala declares war on irregular expenditure following AG findings
KwaZulu-Natal Premier Sihle Zikalala said on Wednesday he had “declared war” on irregular expenditure in the province, following the report…
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