Mayor faces unpaid municipal bills scandal
Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality mayor Princess Faku and the manager in her office, Ntsikelelo Mcingane, have not been paying for their rates and services,... Read more.
ATM wins court battle to review Phala Phala report
NOTE: The original version of this article has been updated to include comments from the Public Protector’s office. The African Transformation Movement (ATM)... Read more.
Globe-trotting minister exhausts annual travel funds in months
Minister in the Presidency for planning, monitoring and evaluation Maropene Ramokgopa is accused of being a globetrotter who exhausted her annual travel budget with... Read more.
DA minister fishing for ANC ex-MP
Former MP and ANC politician, Simanga Mbuyane, claims he didn’t ditch his party for the DA after Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure Dean McPherson submitted... Read more.
Zambia too lifts Malema’s travel ban.
After declaring Julius Malema persona non grata – an undesirable individual – more than seven years ago, Zambian president Hakainde Hichilema yesterday lifted... Read more.
Ministers shown the red card over appointments of unqualified staff
At a time when the government is striving to professionalise the public service, six ministers tried to get their “comrades and chommies” who don’t have the... Read more.
Mboweni’s family demands apology over funeral fiasco
The angry family of late former South African Reserve Bank governor Tito Mboweni wants those who disregarded his last wish for former president Thabo Mbeki speak... Read more.
Presidency forced Simelane to deny she said Cyril knew of loan
Minister of Justice Thembi Simelane was allegedly bullied by the Presidency into issuing a press statement denying that she told the ANC integrity commission that... Read more.
Former ANC spin doctor Pule Mabe to face graft charges over tuk-tuks
ANC NEC member and the party’s former spokesperson Pule Mabe is expected to appear in the Palm Ridge Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday to face charges of corruption... Read more.
White property mogul investigated for ‘BEE fronting’
Property mogul Jean Prieur du Plessis, whose company is raking in more than R40-million a month from government contracts, is under investigation for fraud and corruption... Read more.
