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Civil society, Opposition call for action after SCOPA flays Makana


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Makhanda Legends co-founder Sky Albany hands the organisation s letter and petition to SCOPA Chairperson Mkhuleko Hlengwa in the Makana Council Chamber during the Parliamentary oversight visit on Wednesday 5 May. Photo: Sue Maclennan
Civil society, Opposition call for action after SCOPA flays Makana
Civil society organisations and the DA have called for action after Parliament tore to shreds Makana’s senior leadership during an oversight visit last week.
The Makhanda Legends anti-corruption action group used the Standing Committee on Public Accounts’ oversight visit to Makana Municipality on Wednesday 5 May 2021 as an opportunity to ensure their concerns reached the ears and eyes of Parliament. The DA afterwards said SCOPA’s questions and comments had vindicated its call for dissolution and an independent investigation. And the Makana Residents A ....

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Free basic electricity for the poor: Billions in fundin...


Chris Yelland is managing director of EE Business Intelligence.
A new research report published by the Public Affairs Research Institute reveals that in the 2019/20 financial year alone, about R9-billion budgeted and disbursed by National Treasury to local government for the provision of free basic electricity (FBE) to the poorest of the poor has been misappropriated by municipalities.
 
The report,
Broken Promises: Electricity access for low-income households – good policy intentions, bad trade-offs and unintended consequences, by Dr Tracy Ledger, further shows that in the six financial years from 2014/15 to 2019/20, about R38.3-billion disbursed by National Treasury for FBE to indigent households failed to reach the intended recipients, and was instead used by municipalities for other unauthorised purposes.  ....

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