Eskom has been granted an order against a former employee to pay back over R500 000 that he stole from the company. Photo: Stock/Eskom
South Africa: Today’s latest news and headlines, Tuesday, 4 April 2023
In the latest news in South Africa on Tuesday 4 April 2023, Eskom was exempted from disclosing irregular and fruitless expenditures.
Eskom has been granted an order against a former employee to pay back over R500 000 that he stole from the company. Photo: Stock/Eskom
We’ve got all the latest news stories and headlines in South Africa you really need to know on Tuesday, 4 April 2023.
In shocking news, the National Treasury has exempted Eskom from disclosing irregular and fruitless expenditures in a gazette published on 31 March.
Meanwhile, the fraud-accused former mayor of the City of Tshwane, Dr Murunwa Makwarela, appeared before the Pretoria Specialised Commercialised Crimes Court on Monday, 3 April, on charges of fraud and uttering.
The accusations stem from his short stint as the first citizen of the capital.
Riana Pretorius, the biokineticist from Nelson Mandela Bay who was kidnapped outside her workplace, has broken her silence on social media.
Small Business Development Minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams said more than 6000 spaza shops had been assisted with R58 million since the introduction of the Spaza Shop Support Programme (SSSP).
The famous Carte Blanche presenter Derek Watts had to learn to walk again after collapsing two weeks ago and ending up in hospital.
TODAY’S LATEST NEWS IN SOUTH AFRICA, Tuesday, 4 April
Shocking move: Eskom exempted from disclosing financial losses
The National Treasury has exempted Eskom from disclosing irregular and fruitless expenditures in a gazette published on 31 March.
READ: Treasury accused of operating like a mafia over Eskom exemption
With the gazette, Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana exempted the power utility from Section 55(2)(b)(i) of the Public Finance Management Act (PFMA) for the last financial year and the next two years.
Disgraced former Tshwane mayor Makwarela granted R10k bail
Fraud-accused former mayor of the City of Tshwane, Dr Murunwa Makwarela, appeared before the Pretoria Specialised Commercialised Crimes Court on Monday, 3 April, on charges of fraud and uttering. The accusations stem from his short stint as the first citizen of the capital.
READ: FAKE!: Pretoria High Court says Tshwane mayor’s insolvency rehab notice is bogus
Shortly after his election as mayor, Makwerela was alleged to have previously been sequestrated. The 50-year-old claimed he had been rehabilitated and provided proof, which was later deemed to be false.
More than 6000 spaza shops assisted with R58 million
Small Business Development Minister Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams said more than 6000 spaza shops had been assisted with R58 million since the introduction of the Spaza Shop Support Programme (SSSP).
This was revealed by Ndabeni-Abrahams when she was responding to written parliamentary questions from GOOD party MP Brett Herron.
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He wanted to know about the number of spaza shops that applied for support after President of the Republic Cyril Ramaphosa announced in April 2020 Covid-19 economic and social relief measures aimed at assisting SMMEs, spaza shop owners and other informal businesses in the form of loans, grants and debt restructuring.
Riana Pretorius breaks silence over Gqeberha kidnapping ordeal
Riana Pretorius, the biokineticist from Nelson Mandela Bay who was kidnapped outside her workplace in mid-March, has finally broken her silence on social media.
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Pretorius, 26, was returned safely to her family eight days later on 24 March, as reported by The South African website.
She had been silent about her ordeal since returning home, but last Friday recently posted her gratitude for all the “prayers and thoughts” on her Facebook page.
Derek Watts recovering at home after sepsis [UPDATE]
The famous Carte Blanche presenter Derek Watts had to learn to walk again after collapsing two weeks ago and ending up in hospital.
The TV personality, who became a household name as part of this investigative journalism program, initially thought he had suffered a stroke, but the doctors determined it was severe sepsis
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