AA warns that petrol prices could keep rising; Zondo slams government for its dismal track record with appointing executives for state companies; Gigaba, Brown and Zuma fingered in part 2 of the state capture report; and Mkwhebane loses yet another court bid – with legal bills piling up.
: In South Africa, there have been 3,085 new cases of Covid-19, taking the total reported to 3,608,307. Deaths have reached 95,288 , while recoveries have climbed to 3,459,418, leaving the country with a balance of 53,601 active cases. The total number of vaccines administered is 29,957,898.South African motorists will have to contend with higher fuel prices today, but the Automobile Association warns that further hikes are on the cards.
[Acting chief justice Raymond Zondo says that South Africa’s government has proven incapable of appointing CEOs and other officials to public enterprises and recommends that a board be set up to choose the right people for the job. Zondo’s comments were contained in the latest state capture report handed to president Cyril Ramaphosa on Tuesday. Zondo describes key SOEs as a dismal failure, with many rooted in corruption, collapsing, and needing to be bailed out by the National Treasury.
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