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Parliament defends rising costs of fire-damaged building restoration
Parliament has defended the increased costs for restoring and rebuilding its buildings damaged in the January 2022 fire, arguing that…
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Gauteng spending R260 000 monthly on empty GBV shelters
Since 2019, five newly constructed and renovated shelters intended for victims of Gender-Based Violence in Gauteng have remained unoccupied. The…
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Zikalala: R3.3 billion budget set to build bridges in rural areas over 3 years
The Department of Public Works and Infrastructure announced a budget of R3.3 billion to construct bridges in rural areas over…
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Public Works’ review of cost of Ministerial homes expected next year
The Department of Public Works and Infrastructure says it will complete its review of the costs of Ministerial residences in…
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Public Works defends spending R100 million to maintain presidential residences
The Department of Public Works and Infrastructure said it had a duty to maintain the official residences of the president…
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Public Works Dept to speak with City of Cape Town over evictions at Castle of Good Hope
The Department of Public Works and Infrastructure said that it would be speaking to Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis to…
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Minister Godongwana to allocate R118 million for Parliament repairs to host next year’s Sona
Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana is expected to allocate about R118 million to Parliament following a fire that left the Old…
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Parliament wants government departments to stop renting
Parliament’s Standing Committee on Appropriations would like to see government departments own buildings, instead of renting private properties. The Department…
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Engineers find hotspots at Parliament, fire services called in
Structural engineers working at the fire-damaged Parliament building have picked up a number of hotspots and have called in the…
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SANDF engineers to assist in bridge-building programme
The SA Army Engineer Formation is looking forward to a busy year. The Welisizwe Rural Bridges Programme will be scaled…
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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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South Africa employing Cuban workers at R1.126 million each – Patricia De Lille
The Department of Public Works and Infrastructure employed 24 Cuban nationals at a cost of R1,125,725 each. Public Works Minister…
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Govt spends R188 million on Cuban services
The Department of Public Works and Infrastructure has become the latest government department to outsource services to Cubans. Minister Patricia…
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SIU gets go-ahead to tackle R85 million KZN and Moz border wall tender
The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has been authorized to investigate allegations of corruption and maladministration at the KwaZulu-Natal Department of…
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Businessman Roux Shabangu loses R340 million lawsuit for dodgy police head office lease
Businessman Roux Shabangu has lost his bid to claim R340 million in damages from the Department of Public Works and…
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EC businesswoman accuses mogul of using her documents to win Covid-19 contracts
An Eastern Cape businesswoman has accused construction mogul Willie Greeff of “misrepresentation, fraud and fronting” after he allegedly used her…
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