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Two bogus officials have been jailed for issuing fake RDP development contracts. Two bogus government officials were on Monday sentenced in the Harrismith Magistrate's Court for issuing fake RDP housing contracts to developers. In the process, developers lost over R500 000.Sabata James Ramalitse, 59, and Rathebe Samson Raboteng, 42, posed as government officials and issued…

Former Eskom CEO Brian Molefe during a meeting with Parliament’s Standing Committee on Public Accounts on May 30, 2017. (Gallo Images / Sowetan / Esa Alexander) Two drivers of former Transnet executives testified at the state capture inquiry on Thursday. According to their testimony, bags of cash were regularly transferred between the executives and the Gupta…

The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research has warned that load shedding for 2020 is projected to reach 1383 GW hours. The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research has warned that load shedding is projected to reach 1383 GW hours this year.Rotational power cuts are expected to continue for two or three more years, depending…

The testimony of the former head of the Department of Human Settlements in the Free State, Nthimose Mokhesi, has been postponed.  Mokhesi has been implicated in a controversial multi-million rand contract for an asbestos audit project.  His new legal representative says he has been co-operating with the commission, but his new team needs to be brought up…

This week the state capture commission of inquiry is looking into allegations of corruption in the Free State.The focus is on a R255 million asbestos audit project in the province.  Procurement processes were flawed, it has heard.The state capture commission of inquiry has heard that procurement processes were manipulated in the awarding a controversial R255 million…