Reacting to the Auditor General’s (AG) report on local government last Tuesday, the Congress of SA Trade Unions (Cosatu) said it painted a grim picture of incompetence, maladministration and waste of public money. “Cosatu demands that there must be...
The Department of Water Affairs once again distanced itself from the water shortages experienced by communities across the country. The Department claimed that its critics are ignoring the constitutional responsibilities of municipalities to ensure...
Engineering firm Sanyati, which employs about 2 500 people and is black-empowered, is about to be liquidated. The reason is that government has not paid Sanyati for the work done for it. Sanyati rehabilitated roads. This was part of South Africa’s...
Poor government service delivery, especially in electricity, is impeding business growth in South Africa, according to Grant Thornton’s latest quarterly International Business Report, published last Tuesday. As local communities grow impatient with...
