Treasury threatens to stop funding Joburg municipality if it doesn’t get its finances in order

Treasury threatens to stop funding Joburg municipality if it doesn’t get its finances in order

This funding goes towards capital projects like roads, water and electricity infrastructure. National Treasury has threatened to stop grant funding to the Johannesburg municipality if it doesn’t get its finances in order. Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has written to the Joburg Mayor Dada Morero, saying he needs to do more to curb the city’s wasteful, irregular and unauthorised expenditure. The letter, dated the 30th of July, has sounded alarm bells […]

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City of Cape Town helps the homeless to get off the streets

In an update, the city says the Rough Sleeper Strategy has helped 5000 people to get off the streets. The City of Cape Town has partnered with shelters to create safe spaces for those sleeping on the streets this winter. In an update, the city said the Rough Sleeper Strategy has helped 5000 people to get off the streets. The program offers aid to fight substance abuse, obtain ID documents, […]

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Lesufi reshuffles poor performing heads of departments

During a media briefing in Midrand on Sunday, the Premier complained about departments failing to spend their allocated budgets on time. Gauteng Premier, Panyaza Lesufi, has reshuffled poor performing heads of departments. During a media briefing in Midrand on Sunday, the Premier complained about departments failing to spend their allocated budgets on time. Underspending for the previous financial year was R1.3 billion, with some of the money being at risk […]

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Border Management Authority rolls out new high-security immigration stamps

Commissioner Michael Masiapato announced the new measures during the release of the authority’s first-quarter financial report in Pretoria on Sunday. The Border Management Authority (BMA) has rolled out new high-security immigration stamps, aimed at curbing widespread abuse of the old system. Commissioner Michael Masiapato announced the new measures during the release of the authority’s first-quarter financial report in Pretoria on Sunday. In a move to tighten border control and crack […]

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Air traffics services: Friday’s flight disruptions at OR Tambo not related system failure

The ATNS' chief operations technology officer, Carel Gersback, said that it was due to disruptions with airlines because they were no longer departing as scheduled. Air Traffic and Navigation Services (ATNS) said Friday’s flight disruptions at OR Tambo International Airport are not related to a system failure, but are due to expired flight plans on the system. The ATNS' chief operations technology officer, Carel Gersback, said that it was due […]

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SAPS members net over 1,000 illegal miners in Mpumalanga

The illegal miners were arrested during Operation Vala Umgodi in a shaft at the Sheba Gold Mine. More than 1,000 illegal miners have been arrested at a mine in Barberton, Mpumalanga, on Friday afternoon in what police have described as a massive clampdown operation by law enforcement and mine security. The illegal miners were arrested during Operation Vala Umgodi in a shaft at the Sheba Gold Mine. Police said they’ve […]

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Judge Nana Makhubele found guilty of gross misconduct, faces impeachment National Assembly

Judge Nana Makhubele could become the third judge in democratic south africa to be impeached after the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) found her guilty of gross misconduct. Gauteng High Court Judge Nana Makhubele has been found guilty of gross misconduct and now faces impeachment in the National Assembly. Makhubele has been facing a misconduct investigation for being a judge while she held the position of Passenger Rail Agency of South […]

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Gauteng govt bands with partners to clean up Joburg and tackle crime

The Gauteng provincial government, in partnership with the City of Joburg metro and civil movement Jozi My Jozi, launched the programme in August last year. In efforts to tackle crime and grime in Johannesburg's inner city, a clean-up and safety drive focused on the Ellis Park precinct in the CBD. The Gauteng provincial government, in partnership with the City of Joburg metro and civil movement Jozi My Jozi, launched the […]

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Traders out in the cold after closure of Marabastad retail market over permits

On Thursday, all traders at the market failed to produce trading permits as per the city's trading by-laws, resulting in the closure of the market. Dozens of traders have found themselves out in the cold following the closure of the Marabastad retail market in Tshwane when vendors were found to be operating without a permit. On Thursday, all traders at the market failed to produce trading permits as per the […]

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