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What procurement data can tell us about procrastination

By Kirsten Pearson One unique feature of public finance is the concept of lapsing funds. Any unspent government funds at the end of a financial year must be returned to the treasury. This makes perfect sense. If government is borrowing money to fund its programmes, why leave funds idle while paying interest on loans? But Read more >

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Corruption, weak governance must be tackled in SA climate action

The first State of Climate Action in South Africa report, released on 26 July, will inform the scaling up of the country’s actions to respond to climate change. This is the word from Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment DG Nomfundo Tshabalala, speaking at the launch event. The report was commissioned by the Presidential Climate Commission Read more >

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Public service professionalisation has begun to take shape

In his 2022 State of the Nation address, President Cyril Ramaphosa spoke of the need to build a capable, ethical, and developmental state. One of the ways in which this would be achieved, said the president, would be by professionalising the public service – he added that a framework for this initiative would soon be Read more >

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Private healthcare sector corruption to be investigated

Re-appointed health minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi has revealed, in an interview with Business Report, that private sector corruption in healthcare is about to come under investigation. Investigations will focus on medical aid fraud, inflated prices for procedures and supplies, and the growing problem of fraudulent medico-legal or malpractice claims against the state – all of Read more >