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Aug 14
State sets lower target for good municipal audits
THE government has set another target for municipal audit outcomes, hoping to increase unqualified audit opinions to "at least" 75% by 2019, after only 9% of municipalities received clean audits in the latest outcome, which was released at the end of last month.
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Aug 14
Provincial, local government should raise own revenue, says HSRC
THE implementation of fiscal decentralisation policies for the delivery of public services in South Africa has not resulted in more efficient and effective delivery, delegates to a conference to mark the 20th anniversary of the Financial and Fiscal Commission heard on Tuesday.
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Aug 14
Local debt to Eskom ‘points to dire crisis’
MUNICIPALITIES’ debt to the embattled electricity utility Eskom has trebled to R10.8bn in nine months and is threatening to spiral out of control, says Co-operative Governance Minister Pravin Gordhan.
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Aug 14
Investigation uncovers unlawful food labelling
SOME of the country’s major retailers have been implicated in a food labelling scandal that could see consumers suffering from diarrhoea, vomiting and, in severe cases, death.
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Aug 14
Poachers face hot pursuit across borders
THE South African Police Service is conducting hot-pursuit operations into Mozambique to catch and bring to book suspected rhino poachers.
National police commissioner Riah Phiyega told a press briefing on Tuesday that "these actions are happening every day".
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Aug 14
Ramaphosa criminally liable for deaths of 34 strikers, says Mpofu
LAWYER for the workers who were injured and arrested in Marikana in 2012, Dali Mpofu said Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa was criminally liable for the deaths of 34 striking workers at Lonmin’s Marikana mine.
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