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Provincial auditor-general Singa Ngqwala has laid the blame for an unaccounted-for R6-billion squarely on the shoulders of the OR Tambo District Council and its administration.
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Opposition outcry over secrecy bill hearings in Eastern Cape
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MEC probes KSD fleet tender
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Spike 4 February 2012 11:54 amAnybody told Eskom ?...
what I see 4 February 2012 8:26 amFraud, corruption, self-enrichment everywhere!!!!!!!!!!!!!Q Surely some procedures are in place and one person does not have absolute power to sign documentation of this importance...
what I see 4 February 2012 8:24 amLet's just hope there are proper security measures in place at this school otherwise they will not have their computers for long....
Opstoker 4 February 2012 6:41 amThe report, and particularly the headline, is unfortunately misleading. You can't compare the "R6bn unaccounted for" (which relates to OR Tambo's capital assets) to BCM's R1.9bn not properly accounted...
nickname 3 February 2012 1:57 pmSafa should have booted Pitso out long ago as he achieved absolutely nothing and unfortunately never will. The whole problem is actually Safa who have managed to allow soccer in SA to get worse each a...
nickname 3 February 2012 1:49 pmTender on merits! This really must be the new South Africa we have been longing for....
nickname 3 February 2012 1:45 pmNever mind.The money for the drains has gone to the golfers(down the drain) who have long ago departed before the rains came.A good investment yes.! ...
nickname 3 February 2012 1:41 pmWhat is all the fuss? It is a secrecy hearing, it`s a secret. A foretaste of what is come. ...
nickname 3 February 2012 1:38 pmHere we go again. Nobody will be charged ,demoted or sacked. The report will end up at bin 13. The following year will be exactly the same . Say no more! ...
Tim 3 February 2012 12:57 pmIs the DD this bad in its reporting? this is ludicrous. where does a rural municipality like OR Tambo get R6bn? If it had this value of total assets accumulated since its establishment, it would be am...
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