Ramaphosa’s sixth SONA draws a mixed response; companies busted for irregular school cleaning contracts must pay back the profits; Ramaphosa’s latest broadband promises are nothing new; and Dali Mpofu in hot water over chief justice interviews.
Companies and governing bodies that scored from the looting of Gauteng education decontamination contracts have been ordered to pay back the profits they made. The Special Investigation Unit filed an application to the Special Tribunal over R431 million spent on decontamination, disinfection, deep cleaning and sanitising contracts in Gauteng schools in 2020.
Unfortunately, the idea of streamlining the rollout of broadband networks is nothing new and has gone through several stop-start-stall phases since 2008. [The Legal Practice Council says it will probe advocate Dali Mpofu for misconduct following concerns raised by the General Council of the Bar and the Black Lawyers Association, among others, about his behaviour during the Judicial Service Commission’s chief justice interviews.
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