Articles for Raymond Joseph

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Dodgy multi-million rand Rio Olympics grant under investigation

Here are the names of the officials with whom the Lottery will no longer do business

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News | 15 August 2024

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We asked nine provinces and a national department for information on the billions of rands they spend annually: here’s what happened

Several provincial social development departments are in breach of their own policy on disclosure. We list the provincial responses from best to worst.

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News | 8 August 2024

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Ramaphosa set to revive Special Tribunal

President receives list of proposed judges after effective collapse of Special Tribunal

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News | 6 August 2024

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Paris Olympics: Lottery steps in at 11th hour to help fund Team SA

Stringent conditions means money can only be spent on athletes, not officials

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Feature | 5 August 2024

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Suspended Gauteng Department of Social Development officials return to work

With no disciplinary hearing held, ten of the 13 officials have had their suspensions lifted

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News | 31 July 2024

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Dust in the air: Lack of transparency over Gauteng farming project funding

A number of organisations that received funding from the Gauteng Department of Social Development through the Daracorp non-profit, say Daracorp never delivered on their promises

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Feature | 27 July 2024

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Probe clears most Gauteng care organisations

Handful of organisations remain under investigation

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News | 18 July 2024

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Lottery grant backlog builds up because Minister has not filled vacancies

3,400 application backlog because of lack of manpower, says NLC

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News | 17 July 2024

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Ronald Lamola let anti-corruption body collapse

Special Tribunal has no active judges and hasn’t issued a ruling since May

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Law | 15 July 2024

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Food parcels pile up in Gauteng warehouses because food banks have no money to distribute them

Provincial Department of Social Development delays funding

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News | 12 July 2024

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Gauteng social development department wants to buy a building but doesn’t know what for

Up to R70-million budgeted for building in central Pretoria

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News | 8 July 2024

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City of eThekwini pays millions for a handful of useless toilets and showers

A private company is charging the City R250,000 a month for 12 toilets and 12 showers at homeless shelters and hardly any of them are working

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News | 2 July 2024

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Gauteng government buys newspaper space to praise MEC

MEC Mbali Hlophe won’t say how much the province spent on the advertorials

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News | 24 June 2024

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Controversial auditing firm appointed by Gauteng Department of Social Development

Department acknowledges that the appointment of Open Water, which also probed the Ace Magashule Free State housing scandal, was irregular

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News | 21 June 2024

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Gauteng government funds new drug rehab while defunding existing ones

Clinix Foundation was approved for R11-million in funding in just three weeks

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News | 6 June 2024

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Almost half of state-funded drug rehab beds in Gauteng under threat

Organisations are “under investigation” but have not been told why

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News | 5 June 2024