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Eskom board accused of dereliction of duty after failing to appear before Scopa
Eskom CEO Andre de Ruyter and other executives honoured Tuesday’s meeting to give an update following last year's oversight visit by MPs.
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Scopa to table Parly resolution to declare former Prasa board delinquent
The committee said this would prevent their appointment on any other boards in future.
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De Lille: Govt depts & municipalities to pay Eskom directly
The minister said departments currently owed it R3.4 billion in relation to municipal services including electricity.
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De Lille briefs Scopa on billions owed to Eskom
Minister Patricia de Lille and officials from the department were at pains to explain to members of Scopa the ongoing problem and plan to resolve the matter of non-payment.
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Parliament to request meeting with SAA’s business rescue practitioners
Public Enterprises portfolio committee chairperson Khaya Magaxa said the committee needed a well-thought-out strategy to oversee state-owned enterprises like SAA instead of an 'ad hoc and crisis led approach'.
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DA welcomes move to place SAA under business rescue
An announcement is expected soon on the appointment of business practitioners to see through the arduous process.
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Scopa to visit SAA's headquarters over delay in sumbitting financial statements
SAA will face tough questions from members of Parliament’s standing committee on public accounts during their oversight visit to the embattled airline’s headquarters on Thursday.
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Jabu Mabuza: Money owed to Eskom by municipalities continues to rise
Eskom board chairperson Jabu Mabuza said overdue debt owed to the company stood at only R1.3 billion in 2013. Fast forward six years, that figure now stands at nearly R30 billion.
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Troubled SAA desperately needs cash injection
It’s up to Treasury and the Public Enterprises Department to decide on a lifeline for the airline which has managed to fly out of a recent strike but not out of its financial woes.
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SAA management pulls out of Scopa meeting
SAA was on Wednesday evening expected to submit further information to Parliament’s finance watchdog on why it failed to submit its annual financial statements for two years.
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It’s not all blue skies for SAA as Scopa now wants it to account
While SAA makes plans to recover from a bruising wage strike, Scopa has slammed it for what it calls a total disregard of parliamentary process.
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Strike the only way to make SAA listen to grievances, say unions
Three thousand workers belonging to Numsa and the South African Cabin Crew Association (SACCA) are expected to embark on a strike over wages and job cuts on Friday.
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Ministers no-show at Parly meeting over money owed to Eskom
Eskom is in crisis and owed billions in municipal debt but not one minister was available to brief the watchdog over public spending, Scopa.
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ANC in talks with opposition over Scopa chairperson position
ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule said the party wanted to continue the long-standing tradition of appointing an opposition MP to the position.
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ANC's first Scopa chair in DA-run govt ready to work
The ANC nominated Lulama Mvimbi to become Scopa chairperson after the offer from the DA.
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War of words erupts between Public Works Minister & Scopa over CFO post
Scopa’s investigation into the appointment of Boitumelo Cox Mokgoro has been suspended due to procedural flaws in how it handled a report on the matter by the Public Service Commission.
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MPs berates SAPS top brass for lack of transparency in police corruption
National Commissioner Khehla Sitole and his boss Police Minister Bheki Cele appeared before Parliament’s Scopa to brief it on two dodgy contracts.
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Public Works officials grilled over ministerial houses, luxury apartments
On Wednesday, the department briefed Scopa on the maintenance of ministerial houses and the department’s prestige portfolio, which includes luxury apartments.
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Ipid lays bare extent of corruption within SAPS
One of the Ipid's high profile cases is one of corruption involving former commissioner Khomotso Phahlane amounting to R5 billion.
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MPs send ill-prepared Eskom officials back to drawing board
The power utility officials were supposed to brief the Standing Committee on Public Accounts on deviations and expansions.
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Dept of Public Works splurged R500k on braai areas at ministerial houses?
Scopa says that Public Works has paid up to R9 million for a certain minister’s house, while others live in homes that cost R4 million.
