Ramaphosa: Coronavirus with us for a year or more to come, and is the new daily reality

Posted on May 11, 2020 by Augustus Consulting

Citizen Reporter, 11 May 2020

In his weekly letter to the nation, the president says that as the lockdown is gradually eased, we will have to remain extra cautious while accepting the ‘reality’ that infections will rise. Read More

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Forensic reports into alleged abuse of R230m drought funds damn Amatola Water CEO

Posted on May 10, 2020 by Augustus Consulting

Manyane Manyane, Sunday Independent, 10 May 2020

The suspended chief executive officer of Amatola Water in the Eastern Cape, Vuyo Zitumane, allegedly presided over an organisation that manipulated supply chain management processes and awarded tenders at inflated prices. Read More

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Mpumalanga EFF lays corruption charge over food distribution

Posted on May 9, 2020 by Augustus Consulting

Sipho Mabena, The Citizen, 9 May 2020

Premier Refilwe Mtshweni-Tsipane has also come under immense criticism for causing food parcel anxiety, frustration and division in the Dr JS Moroka local municipality. Read More

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Business confidence plunges to all-time low as coronavirus upends economy

Posted on May 7, 2020 by Augustus Consulting

Jan Cronje, Fin24, 7 May 2020

South Africa’s business confidence plunged to an all-time low in April, as the nationwide lockdown imposed in late March to slow the spread of the coronavirus upended the country’s economy. Read More

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Hunger stalks villagers as they struggle to survive in face of Covid-19

Posted on May 6, 2020 by Augustus Consulting

Poloko Tau, City Press, 6 May 2020

The heart-rending downcast faces of the peckish villagers at his door and the disheartened voices on the other end of the phone – all making desperate pleas for food – have been overwhelming for Chief Livhuwani Matsila. Read More

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Lockdown, stalled economy could mean tax loss of up to R285bn – Kieswetter

Posted on May 5, 2020 by Augustus Consulting

Jan Cronje & Khulekani Magubane, Fin24, 5 May 2020

The commissioner of the SA Revenue Service, Edward Kieswetter, has warned that the combined impact of SA’s struggling economy and the lockdown could mean a loss of up to R285 billion in tax revenues this year. Read More

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