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Mpumalanga government irregularly spends R2 billion

The Auditor General (AG) has revealed that the Mpumalanga provincial government departments have spent more than R2 billion in irregular expenditure. The AG audit outcomes for the 2014/15 financial year which ended in March 2015 were presented to Members of ...

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YES, I PAID VENTER: Admits Premier Mabuza’s lawyer

Mpumalanga Premier David Mabuza’s lawyer Ian Small-Smith has admitted paying money for Jan Venter’s legal fees in his cases against his former employer, Dr Mathews Phosa. Small-Smith’s startling admission follows Ziwaphi’s expose in the previous edition which published copies of ...

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R500k project teaches the art of crafting

Once they were unemployed, but now they are crafters who are already receiving orders from local and international markets. The 32 crafters, from Matsulu in Mpumalanga, are benefiting from a R500 000 training grant from the Department of Rural Development ...

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Rural residents welcome digital migration plans

The residents of Marite Trust in Mpumalanga can’t wait to switch from their analogue platform to digital terrestrial television (DTT). The residents, who live between Bushbuckridge and Hazyview, learned about DTT when communications minister Faith Muthambi recently visited their area ...

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