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DA wants Scopa to summon new SAA CEO Thomas Kgokolo
Thomas Kgokolo was appointed to the position on Wednesday night but the official opposition is not happy about the appointment.
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Scopa slams Eskom board for delaying probe into racism claims against De Ruyter
The committee had been requested to suspend its probe because the state-owned power utility was conducting its own internal investigation into the matter.
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SAA has received R7.8bn for implementation of business rescue plan, Scopa told
Rescue practitioner, Siviwe Dongwana, said that the restructuring was moving ahead smoothly.
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Steinhoff forensic report will help move case forward, says NPA's Batohi
The forensic report is being compiled by PWC, the same accounting firm that was appointed by Steinhoff’s new board to find out what went wrong at the company.
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Don't politicise and racialise corruption at Eskom - Mabuza
The deputy president said they wanted to get to the bottom of all corruption claims at Eskom, but would not focus on race.
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MPs flay Denel for supplying weapons in Yemen conflict
Scopa member Sakhumzi Somyo has also questioned Denel on how much it made from Yemen arms sales.
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Transnet's state capture past must be separated from current regime - Gordhan
While the minister said that the state entity was starting to reposition itself, it still had a dark cloud hanging over it as it dealt with the consequences of dodgy tenders in the past.
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Scopa to probe claims of Eskom CEO De Ruyter purging black suppliers
The investigation will also include procurement and contract management in general.
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Prasa to launch skills audit in bid to remove deadwood from workforce
The Scopa hearing follows two years in which Prasa got two consecutive disclaimers from the Auditor-General. The rail agency is also the government entity with the highest irregular expenditure at over R1 billion rand.
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Scopa to grill struggling SOEs over 'grim' audit outcomes
Eskom, Transnet, the SABC all got qualified audit opinions. Even worse, disclaimers were issued for Denel and Prasa.
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Scopa wants details of govt's vaccine rollout tender to prevent corruption
Scopa said the distribution of the vaccine was a turning point in the fight against COVID-19 and the country could not afford the recurrence of maladministration and fraud in the tender process.
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Govt's anti-corruption task team probing over 200 cases, Scopa hears
The anti-corruption task team said that it was making major inroads in the fight against corruption.
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Gordhan: SAA too important & strategic to be allowed to fail again
Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan said that SAA still had a role to play in the country’s economy and allocating it R10.5 billion was a better option than liquidation.
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Scopa willing to work with SABC to rectify AG's adverse findings
Scopa slammed the SABC's lack of planning relating to supply chain and contract management.
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Hawks' Lebeya expects more COVID-19 procurement corruption arrests this week
Hawks head Lieutenant-General Godfrey Lebeya said that the Hawks were dealing with a huge influx of cases, with Auditor-General Kimi Makwetu’s special report on COVID-19 corruption highlighting 80,000 exceptions or illegal payments that needed to be followed up.
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Eskom making strides in recovering billions in contract overpayments, Scopa told
Eskom acting head of legal, Bartlett Hewu, said that they had managed to recoup some money from other contracts.
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SIU looks to recover R8bn through civil litigation linked to corruption at Eskom
The unit on Wednesday updated the Standing Committee on Public Accounts (Scopa) on its investigations at the power utility, which got underway over two years ago.
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SIU identifies 5,523 Eskom officials for disciplinary action in graft probes
The SIU has referred more than 5,500 officials to Eskom to face disciplinary proceedings for, among other things, failing to declare their financial interests, including a number of employees red-flagged after lifestyle audits.
