- The Standing Committee on Public Accounts (Scopa) is conducting its maintain probe into public fund misappropriation allegations in opposition to the ANC, which surfaced in a leaked audio recording, even supposing the matter has already been referred to the Public Protector. The committee believes that the comments finest replicate a phase of the dialogue that used to be captured in the clip and that the publicly obtainable half has far-reaching implications. On Tuesday evening, the committee resolved that it used to be obligatory for the committee to behavior its maintain probe. In the clip, any individual who sounds admire President Cyril Ramaphosa could well moreover moreover be heard admitting that he used to be awake that the occasion veteran public funds for occasion functions. The actual person steered that the funds came from the Bid Security Company (SSA). Scopa will first ascertain the authenticity of the recording and whether it used to be certainly Ramaphosa’s narrate. In the subsequent few days, this could well write to the president and set aside a query to a written observation or affidavit on the clip’s authenticity.
- Lawful consultants warn that the Nationwide Prosecuting Authority doesn’t comprise the skill to address the full PPE corruption cases coming its way, on condition that it is already combating the caseload connected to negate resolve. The Particular Investigation Unit has printed its final file on Covid-19 PPE corruption, finding that 68% of the govtcontracts it investigated were irregular. 386 folks had been referred to the NPA for prosecution following the investigations. Accountability Now director imply Paul Hoffman says that the NPA lacks skill, and right here’s a failing of parliament, which, he says, has no longer been taking into consideration its anti-corruption stance.
- Civil motion crew Outa has initiated contempt of courtroom lawsuits in opposition to roads company Sanral and its frail CEO. Outa obtained a courtroom advise in November 2021 for the roads company to provide it with recordsdata around tolling operations on key routes. On the opposite hand, Sanral has did no longer make these. The company said it supposed on anxious the courtroom advise but missed the deadline and the extended deadline to submit papers. Outa said that Sanral used to be making an strive to delay the job but has to this level no longer given any reason in the abet of the retain-up – it is now drawing shut the courts to pressure it into motion and said it would pursue the matter to finality.
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Cyril Ramaphosa: The Audio Biography
Purchase set aside to the fable of Cyril Ramaphosa’s upward push to presidential vitality, narrated by our very maintain Alec Hogg.
