Executive who lost City Power’s R2bn to alleged corruption returns to manage R259m project
Sicelo Xulu ’lost’ R2billion City Power through a slew of brazen corruption allegations.
R350m investment in Nasrec Covid-19 field hospital 'a colossal waste of money'
The province has defended the multimillion-rand project as being based on worst-case scenario models regarding infections of the deadly virus.
Inmates accuse prison management of being anti-poor
Inmates say the new rule that families must send money to them electronically was anti-poor as it disadvantages those in rural communities and are financially illiterate.
Criminal case against Joburg doctor to go ahead despite colleague’s suspected assassination
The NPA say if a medical practitioner may have acted in a manner that resulted in the negligent loss of life, they were duty-bound to
Mandoza and kwaito music will live on forever
Kwaito’s best days are not behind it. They lie ahead in the fresh new sounds the genre gave birth to, in which a new generation of artists are continuing to explain urban South Africa’s story.
Family desperate for answers after being told loved one committed suicide in custody
The brutal death of a suspect in custody whose grieving family had to identify his mutilated body has highlighted the alarming rate of killings in police custody.
’Racist’ white man who allegedly swore at cops and assaulted them charged
A “racist” man who allegedly assaulted and launched into a vitriolic tirade against police officers will get his comeuppance in order to protect the rule of law.
Joburg teen becomes first blind pupil to participate in SA Maths Olympiad
Joanne Futselaar made it into the top 11 000 out of 90 000 learners in the first Samo round, where her paper was translated into Braille for the gruelling tests.
South Africans have lost trust in their municipalities, survey reveals
Study shows that citizen lost trust in their local municipality with none of the major metros meeting residents’ expectations of service delivery.
Female journos in SA and Nigerian suffer sexual harassment in newsrooms but don’t report it, says new study
The journalists who suffered sexual harassment say they had not reported the abuse “out of fear of retaliation from their organisations or their perpetrators.
Black firm says Eskom ’forced’ it to share multimillion rand tender with white company
Eskom’s alleged anti-transformation approach is highlighted by how a black-owned company was ‘forced’ to take on a white-owned sub-contractor that did work illegally without a contract while Jabu Mabuza was chief executive and chairperson.
Kgosi Mampuru prison allegedly flouting Covid-19 rules
Staff members claim more than 100 inmates were infected with Covid-19 when an official returned to work after allegedly being in contact with his positive wife.
Outrage over light sentence for paedophile dad who used his minor kids and nephew in porn
The 41-year-old man told court he produced and sold the porn to assist his family financially.
More cops arrested in the R56m SAPS corruption case
More offices have been arrested in a R56m corruption case that relates to a 2017 tender to brand national police vehicles. File Picture.
NPA headquarters water supply cut after illegal connections found at the building
Joburg Water says they found an illegal water connection at the headquarters of the National Prosecuting Authority and cut off water supply.
Farewell to Lebohang Khitsane, the man behind SA’s ostentatious tombstone designs
Lebohang Khitsane, who once told The Star that he wanted to be remembered as “the Steve Jobs of tombstones”, began his Bataung Legacy business in 2004.
NPA allegedly scared of charging 30 City of Joburg officials ’who took bribes’ in R7. 5m fraud case
Allegations are that more than 30 city officials allegedly received more than R2m in bribes from a businessman to give him preferential treatment when tenders were awarded.
Jails boast an 87% recovery rate
In total, 6 365 officials and inmates contracted the virus since March, 4 073 of whom were employees and 2 292 were prisoners, with 5 582 recoveries.
Death of 6-month-old baby sparks violent protests at Joburg Prison
Inmates at the Johannesburg Correctional Centre’s mother and child section embarked on strike action this week after a baby girl died.
Explosive details revealed in R756m Vrede Farm Dairy scandal
More than R756million was allegedly paid to the company fingered in the Free State Vrede Dairy Farm scandal with an alleged bribery payment scheme at the centre of lucrative contracts.
Makhubo blames Mashaba for land invasions in Joburg, says he allowed it during his tenure to please EFF
Joburg mayor Geoff Makhubo says his predecessor Herman Mashaba fostered “anarchy” with the mushrooming of almost 60 “invaded” informal settlements during his three year tenure
It will take two years for SA economy to recover to pre-lockdown levels - Economics professor
Professor Raymond Parsons says SA must not expect an immediate resumption of pre-lockdown levels of business activity as the country starts to recover economically.
Deaths of prisoners spark fears of Covid-19 outbreak at Kgosi Mampuru
Negligence has resulted in 118 new Covid-19 cases in a day and five deaths in less than a week at Kgosi Mampuru, as fear has again gripped the correctional centre.
Penny Lebyane joins Ntsiki Mazwai to take on DJ Fresh in court battle
Media personality Penny Lebyane says she has joined Ntsiki Mazwai’s legal dispute with DJ Fresh because she wants to see justice being served.
Far East Rand hospital allegedly gave tender to firm that inflated price by 190%
Zabelo Trading received a contract in June to build tents and partitions for Covid-19 screening at the Far East Rand Hospital in Ekurhuleni and allegedly inflated price by 190%.