‘Whole municipality is a mess’: 3 unit heads don’t have required qualifications
Aside from serving the ANC-led Msunduzi Local Municipality at a senior level, the municipality’s chief audit executive, senior information manager and logistics manager have another thing in common: none of them has the required qualifications for their positions.
‘No damage’ to EFF, says Malema after damaging Madlanga testimony
EFF president Julius Malema believes the party has not suffered any reputational damage following revelations relating to suspended Crime Intelligence chief Feroz Khan and the recently resigned Investigating Directorate Against Corruption head, Andrea Johnson.
‘I had eye surgery’: Msunduzi’s audit chief on why he didn’t get required qualifications
He was given ample opportunities to obtain the required qualifications to continue doing his job, but Msunduzi Local Municipality’s chief audit executive, Petrus Mahlaba, has allegedly remained unqualified.
The politics of ‘Ben 10s’ and ‘sugar mamas’: ANC women divided over younger men
The ANC Women’s League (ANCWL) appears divided over the issue of “Ben 10s”, a colloquial term used to describe young men in relationships with older women, whom they usually rely on financially.
‘We’ll fix this’: Godongwana U-turn on withholding municipal grants comes with caveat
Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has made an about-turn on his decision to withhold funds from 69 municipalities that are knee-deep in financial and governance crises.
Zuma strips Nomvalo of MKP secretariat powers, establishes team to take over all operations
MK Party president Jacob Zuma has stripped the party’s eighth secretary-general Sibonelo Nomvalo of his secretariat powers, which he has assumed instead.
Godongwana shoots down Manamela’s R11m pay bonanza for NSFAS head
Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has shot down Higher Education and Training Minister Buti Manamela’s proposed R5.5 million annual remuneration package for NSFAS administrator Hlengani Mathebula.
Zuma takes over MKP finances, appoints himself as ‘accounting officer’
MK Party president Jacob Zuma has appointed himself as the party’s “accounting officer” and frozen all bank accounts as a “temporary measure”, according to an internal letter that was shared with all structures.
Zuma takes wheel in MKP’s candidates process amid infighting – after ‘democratic’ promise
Despite promising supporters that communities would select mayoral and councillor candidates for the November local government elections, the MK Party has done a U-turn, and its president, Jacob Zuma, will now unilaterally select them.
UPDATE | Parliament demands answers over appointment of ex-Daybreak chair at NSFAS
Parliament’s higher education and training portfolio committee has called into question National Student Financial Aid Scheme administrator Hlengani Mathebula’s unilateral appointment of ex-Daybreak Farms chair, Bojane Segooa, as a member of the entity’s risk and audit committee.