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The Special Investigating Unit has welcomed a Special Tribunal ruling declaring the R646 million contract awarded to AECOM SA (Pty) Ltd for the emergency upgrading of the Thukela-Goedertrouw transfer scheme in KwaZulu-Natal constitutionally invalid

SIU wins R646 million contract case, AECOM ordered to repay state

The matter stems from a project intended to prevent the Richards Bay area from running out of water. The contract value was inflated from an initial R407m

  • Sheree Bega
3 min read
Auditor general Tsakani Maluleke has repeatedly made recommendations to improve municipalities’ performances but to little effect. Photo: GCIS

Government wasted R38 billion in overspending, auditor general says

A disregard for the rule of law also saw the country lose R14 billion through payment of goods not received

  • Khaya Koko
5 min read
Project Thusano was initially intended to focus on the maintenance and repair of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) operational vehicle fleet but has morphed to include expensive supplementary agreements such as training soldiers as medical practitioners and mechanical engineers in Cuba. Photo: Rajesh Jantilal/AFP/Getty Images

Department of defence still reviewing SA-Cuba agreements

It has been 19 months since then defence minister Thandi Modise said the bilateral agreement and its controversial sub-contracts were being assessed

  • Des Erasmus
4 min read
Panyaza Lesufi, Gauteng premier and co-convenor of the ANC in the province. Photo: X

Lesufi allegedly buried forensic report into R273 million school uniform corruption

The premier said he had released the report into the matter, but would not say when or where

  • Des Erasmus
6 min read
An internal audit document from 2023 on the Nelson Mandela Bay Metro Municipality’s street light supply and maintenance tenders revealed a flawed supply chain management process. (Archived photo by Mary-Anne Gontsana)

Nelson Mandela Bay faces SIU probe over dodgy street light tenders

An internal report shows that the municipality bungled two tenders related to street lights, one of which exceeded its budgeted amount by R24 million

  • Des Erasmus
3 min read