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Eskom exemption from full financial disclosure deeply concerning

The Institute of Race Relations (IRR) has cautioned Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana against allowing load-shedding to be used to smokescreen further ...

Eskom about-turn welcome – but crucial step still to be taken

Government’s dramatic about-turn on Eskom – withdrawing the audit exemption, and lifting the electricity state of disaster – is welcome, but there is one more ...

ANC’s ideological indulgences distract from tackling poverty, unemployment in SA - Biznews

Our ruling party’s corruption, incompetence and ideological indulgences are so extreme and unrelenting that they distract opponents from developing the ...

The DA’s principle of separation of party and state: Potentially problematic? - Biznews

In a previous article I claimed that there might be a tension between the Democratic Alliance (DA)’s principle of ‘separation of party and state’ on the one ...

Letter: Letter: It's not corruption alone that puts the lights out - Financial Mail

The FM quotes the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) as saying that load-shedding is ‘a direct result of corruption at Eskom’ (‘Milking the Eskom cow’, 6 ...

How Cyril deals with corruption will determine his legacy - Daily Dispatch

With prospects for substantive policy reform and economic take-off dimming rapidly, along with President Ramaphosa’s claim to champion either, whatever ...

South Africa: an irredeemable, ‘unreformable’ land? – Ivo Vegter - Biznews

If you haven’t yet seen Annika Larsen’s interview with outgoing Eskom CEO André de Ruyter on eNews Channel Africa, you should take an hour and do so.

Whistleblowers – Stepping on the head of the snake - Good Governance Africa

When Tiyamalu Kaswaswa arrived in Juba, South Sudan, in June 2018, he had high hopes for the prospects that his new job held out. An accountant from Malawi, ...

Ramaphosa’s cabinet reshuffle: Delayed, bloated, and disappointing – Ivo Vegter - Biznews

It was clear last year, after part one of the ANC’s disorganised elective conference, that Cyril Ramaphosa would have to fill vacant positions in his cabinet. ...

Living like rock stars: SA’s government officials enjoy lavish perks at taxpayers’ expense – Ivo Vegter - Biznews

Scrutiny often falls on the infamous Ministerial Handbook, which prescribes the opulent benefits to which the useless fat cats in cabinet are entitled.