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ArticleSer­vice deliv­ery under fire amidst coali­tion instabil­ity

SOUTH Africa's grow­ing reli­ance on coali­tion gov­ern­ments is increas­ingly being felt bey­ond coun­cil cham­bers, with polit­ical instabil­ity dis­rupt­ing budgets, delay­ing projects and threat­en­ing basic ser­vices such as water, san­it­a­tion...

ArticleR635 mil­lion Tem­bisa Hos­pital cor­rup­tion accused gets R200k bail

TEMBISA Hos­pital cor­rup­tion accused Stefan Joel Govindraju was yes­ter­day gran­ted R200 000 bail by the Spe­cial­ised Com­mer­cial Crimes Court sit­ting at the Palm Ridge Magis­trates' Court. Govindraju, 37, made a brief appear­ance in court,...

ArticleKZN Hawks boss grilled over bank trans­ac­tions

KWAZULU-NATAL (KZN) Hawks Col­onel Deena Govender yes­ter­day failed to give the Mad­langa Com­mis­sion a clear explan­a­tion of how up to R2.3 mil­lion was depos­ited in his bank account. These pay­ments were received around the time of a deadly 2023...

ArticleEskom profits more than doubles to R30.3bn des­pite fall­ing sales