Auditor‑General finds R4.9bn spent on integrated justice system but governance gaps, ICT weaknesses and irregular expenditure threaten programme benefits.
Parliament has called on SASSA to fix weaknesses after the 2025/26 AGSA audit found grants paid to deceased beneficiaries and government employees, prompting urgent action.
Minister Gayton McKenzie did not appear before Parliament as the Auditor‑General reported fraud and governance failures in his department, with senior officials also absent.
The Health Department has referred allegations that NHI advertising contracts ballooned from R1 620 to R146 million to the SIU, Auditor‑General and Public Protector.
Thaba Chweu municipality spent R103.75m more than it generated. Auditor-general flagged long creditor payments, 48% water and 50% electricity losses and a R2.2bn Eskom debt.
The Auditor‑General found seven separate RFQs worth R6.795m for livestreaming services that may have been split to avoid open bidding and recommended consequence management.
The SIU told Scopa that in 2023 more than R5bn of NSFAS funding may have gone to students with household incomes above R350,000; AG found 14,000...
According to The Citizen, the Auditor‑General of South Africa (AG) has opened an audit into the department of transport after a protected disclosure by a senior...
National Treasury has suspended July 2026 equitable share transfers to 60 municipalities across all nine provinces, citing persistent financial mismanagement and high levels of unauthorised, irregular,...
South Africa’s eight metropolitan municipalities all failed to achieve clean audits for 2024-25, Auditor‑General Tsakani Maluleke warned, in a report she described as a warning to...