An Eastern Cape couple has been accused of defrauding the Umsobomvu Local Municipality of R2.3 million.Money was allegedly transferred by a former chief financial clerk to his wife's bank account.The husband also allegedly used the municipality's account to settle a loan.A former Umsobomvu Local Municipality clerk and his wife are accused of defrauding the municipality…
Members of the South African Police Service ensuring lockdown regulations are adhered to. (Deaan Vivier/Gallo Images). Eastern Cape police confiscated 27 bags of dagga and arrested one man.The bust is the second largest of the week in the province.The confiscated dagga is worth an estimated R500 000.Eastern Cape police made their second largest drug bust…
Stay up to date with the latest news, views and analysisEastern Cape chairperson of the National Association of SGBs, Mongameli Peter, said thousands of schools in Nelson Mandela Bay, in the Karoo district up to the former Transkei, are without protective kits."Many schools in and around Uitenage, Butterworth and in former Transkei have no PPEs.…
mother and her two children were found dead in their home on Sunday morning.According to police spokesperson Brigadier Motantsi Makhele, police were called to a house in Extension 3, Zamdela, near Sasolburg, where they found the bodies of a woman and two children in the bedroom. All the deceased appeared to have been stabbed.Preliminary investigations…
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States are paying contractors such as Deloitte, Accenture, and Optum millions of dollars to help them comply with the One Big Beautiful Bill Act — a law that will strip safety-net health and food benefits from millions. State governments rely on such companies to design and operate computer systems that assess whether low-income people qualify