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Former chief justice Raymond Zondo has, in unprecedented fashion, unleashed a scathing rebuke to President Cyril Ramaphosa, questioning his commitment to the fight against corruption. What seems to have particularly irked Zondo was that he had to swear in cabinet ministers who had serious state capture findings against them. “It was like the president was saying, ‘I don’t care what you have found about these people. I think they are good enough to be promoted,’” Zondo told the Sunday Times.
Elsewhere, finance minister Enoch Godongwana warned his now disgraced cabinet colleague Nobuhle Nkabane about malfeasance at the local government sector education & training authority (LGSeta) three months ago, but she ignored the warning until this week — well, just a few hours before President Cyril Ramaphosa showed her the door. The Sunday Times can reveal that Godongwana told the former minister of higher education in April that the process to appoint the CEO of the LGSeta, Ineeleng Molete, was beset with irregularities and possible criminal conduct.
The National Treasury, seeking to rein in runaway spending by government departments and public entities, has introduced a radical new set of budget guidelines that will keep them on a much tighter leash. It described the 2026 medium-term expenditure framework, unveiled this week, as representing “an important shift in how South Africa plans, prioritises and allocates public resources”. Will this be enough to eliminate waste and also help obviate the budgetary drama the country was subjected to between February and when appropriations were voted on the past week? The answers are in the Business Times.
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