By Busani Ngcaweni The Treasury cannot criticise an audit regime built on its own regulations 9 min 3 12 May 2026
AGE OF ACCOUNTABILITY Energy and Water Seta blew R58m in public funds on building that was never used 6 min 5 By Siyabonga Goni
BUMPY RIDE Creecy calls for calm – can the dragons snapping at SAA’s heels be tamed? 4 min 12 By Lindsey Schutters
MISSING IN ACTION AG finds SANDF can’t keep track of military assets as R823m troop deployment begins 6 min 2 By Victoria O'Regan
PUBLIC FINANCE Auditor-General warns of increasing infrastructure project delays, dealing a blow to Ramaphosa’s reform plans 6 min 1 By Victoria O'Regan
Accrual Anxiety R1bn in unpaid pharma accounts triggers medicine crisis in Eastern Cape 6 min 3 By Estelle Ellis
MUNICIPAL MATTERS Cape Town, Joburg and Ekurhuleni locked in dispute with AG over municipal audit reports 6 min 1 By Victoria O'Regan
UNCOOPERATIVE GOVERNANCE NMB mayor should have a performance agreement, says top local businessman 4 min 0 By Estelle Ellis
COLLISION COURSE Four RAF executives suspended amid probe into R500bn liabilities and spending abuse 5 min 6 By Nonkululeko Njilo
CHAPTER NINE PROTECTIONS OP-ED The watchdogs of democracy – the vital role of SA’s state institutions 5 min 0 By Nicola Bergsteedt
FAILING CITIES OP-ED Financial health of seven of SA’s eight metros ‘a grave concern’ 6 min 2 By Tsakani Maluleke
ROAD ACCIDENT FUND ‘A journey of victimhood’ — suspended executives say they were targeted for exposing corruption at RAF 5 min 6 By Kristin Engel
SPOTLIGHT Questions over tripling of Gauteng Health’s security budget 6 min 3 By Ufrieda Ho for Spotlight
PARLIAMENT 'Real people drawing fraudulent salaries' — crackdown looms on public sector ghost employees 4 min 15 By Victoria O’Regan
MUNICIPAL DYSFUNCTION ‘No problem,’ says Joburg as R1bn tender goes to officials’ families or friends 5 min 21 By Ferial Haffajee
INTERACTIVE MAPPING How’s your municipality faring? A visual breakdown of the latest municipal audits 2 min 0 By Victoria O’Regan
PARLIAMENT Auditor-General sounds alarm on governance crisis in SA’s biggest cities, gives Cape Town the thumbs up 5 min 6 By Victoria O’Regan
LOCAL GOVERNANCE OP-ED How hyperlocal strategies could revitalise South Africa’s broken local municipalities 5 min 1 By Richard Morrow
SPOTLIGHT OP-ED Controversy and cautious hope collide as Masechaba Sesing heads up Free State health department 9 min 0 By Ufrieda Ho for Spotlight
CTRL-ALT-DELETE Mismanaged State Information Technology Agency is ‘a disgrace’, Parliament is told 3 min 2 By Suné Payne
