Barely a month after the massive UPL pesticides warehouse explosion in Durban, another chemical factory fire broke out south of the city on 25 August, releasing a cloud of poisonous fumes that sparked an official public health warning by the Ethekwini Municipality. The temperature of the fire u.
16th February 2021
SADC Executive Secretary Stergomena Lawrence Tax is supposed to be accountable to member states and their citizens. But you wouldn’t know that if you read the 433 page long Board of Auditors Management report on the audit of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) secretariat for the financial year ending 31
st March 2020.
Although the report does not spell it out in so many words, for eight years, Tax presided over an institution with a pattern of behaviour that suggests a penchant to undercut all avenues of oversight and frustrate scrutiny of its activities.From violating financial regulations to brushing aside directives agreed by the council of ministers, the SADC Secretariat under Tax acted as an opaque and unaccountable principal rather than a transparent and accountable agent.For starters, since ascending to the helm of the SADC Secretariat, Tax has never presented an annual report to the 345 million SADC citizens.States the audit report un
2014/2015
2014/2015
Oversight Report of the Municipal Public Accounts Commitee on the 2014/15 Annual Report of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality and its Entitie.
The City of Johannesburg tabled its 2014/15 Annual Report for public comment on 28 January, 2016. The participation period is extended to the 04 March 2016 as supplementary information is available. The Report will be available from all Regional Offices and Council facilities and is published on the City s website for public comment. Everyone is urged to participate to make Joburg a better place to live in. Annual report shows positive outlook for Joburg:
Annual Report Tabling
(NACD), the authority on boardroom practices representing more than 21,000 board members, today released the
Global Network of Director Institutes 2020–2021 Survey Report, which analyzes survey responses from a diverse pool of nearly 2,000 directors around the world. The report explores how boards across the globe are navigating the economic and social impacts of the COVID-19 global health crisis and its unprecedented impact on business and society.
A collaborative effort between the Global Network of Director Institutes (GNDI) member organizations, representing more than 150,000 corporate board members worldwide, the report underscores the common themes and shared purpose that link this global community of directors spanning four key regions. As a GNDI member organization, NACD spearheaded this survey project to gather vital data to enhance awareness of the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on board governance in the United States and around the world.
bombs exploded right near the finish line, killing three people and injuring 260 others. dzhokhar tsarnaev pled not guilty to 30 charges. he faces the death penalty. his older brother died in the police shootout when he was run over by his brother as he tried to escape, allegedly. we turn now to a disturbing result of a new oversight report and the department of homeland security, finding severe lapses in the agency s border and cyber security effort. reading in part, quote, the department of homeland security spent $50 billion over the past 11 years on counterterrorism programs including homeland security grants and other antiterrorism issues but they can not demonstrate if the nation is more secure as a result. earlier today the department of homeland security responding saying in part quote dr. coburn s report on dhs overlooks much of the concrete and recent progress we have made over the past year to improve