Posts tagged with 'National Treasury'

 

Hawks Confirm They are Investigating Two Cases of Alleged Theft from SARB Amounting to over R41 Quadrillion Linked to Tokyo Sexwale!

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A new twist in the Tokyo Sexwale “stolen quadrillion” saga has appeared – after the fund invited ANC government, to a Bank in Singapore. The chairman of the Worldwide Proxy and Trustee of the White Spiritual Boy (WSB) and Spiritual Wonder Boy (SWB) Heritage Funds, Mr Chark Leong Boey, has written a letter in his personal capacity, in an effort to clarify the confusion around the Heritage Fund. The Hawks on Monday confirmed that they were investigating two cases of alleged theft amounting to over R41 quadrillion.

Mr Boey, who is from Singapore, has stated in a letter that he extended an invitation to a South African delegation to travel to Singapore to verify the said fund.

Reports emerged last week of how Trillions of Rands from the fund had allegedly been looted from the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) and from The National Treasury. These damning allegations were dismissed by the two financial institutions as being a mere scam.

The letter which
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SONA: Ticked, next-up: Budget – tick tock…

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By all accounts President Ramaphosa’s first address to the nation was a roaring success.

All eyes now shift to the 2018 Budget Speech set for Wednesday at 14:00. The rand’s reaction to SONA was muted, with markets waiting to see Wednesday’s balancing act. National Treasury’s focus will be on how to confront the ballooning budget deficit and government debt, amongst many other issues (with the short term goal being to avoid yet another credit rating downgrade).

A reaction from Moody’s is expected towards the end of the week with a significant USD/ZAR reaction anticipated (possibly in the rand’s favour). Have a great Monday!

Today’s Rate
USD/ZAR 11.6703
GBP/ZAR 16.3399
EUR/ZAR 14.4672
ZAR/JPY 9.137
CNY/ZAR 1.8385
AUD/ZAR 9.244
CHF/ZAR 12.5682
AED/ZAR 3.1808
SGD/ZAR 8.8955
NOK/ZAR 1.5009
EUR/USD 1.2399
GBP/USD 1.3998
GBP/EUR 1.1290

All rates quoted are the interbank rates at time of publishi
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SONA: Ticked, next-up: Budget – tick tock…

By all accounts President Ramaphosa’s first address to the nation was a roaring success.

All eyes now shift to the 2018 Budget Speech set for Wednesday at 14:00. The rand’s reaction to SONA was muted, with markets waiting to see Wednesday’s balancing act. National Treasury’s focus will be on how to confront the ballooning budget deficit and government debt, amongst many other issues (with the short term goal being to avoid yet another credit rating downgrade).
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Grand-scale corruption at PRASA covered up by treasury

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For almost a year, National Treasury has kept the lid on almost 200 investigations into PRASA contracts which show that up to R2.5 billion was siphoned off in contracts which should never have been signed. The investigations, into contracts worth R10 million or more, were ordered by former Public Protector Thuli Madonsela following her 2015..
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Sassa and Sapo agreement date pushed back yet again

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The striking of the elusive deal between the South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) and the South African Post Office (Sapo) has been pushed back yet again. MP’s at a joint meeting in Parliament on Tuesday heard that an offer to the Post Office to build an integrated IT payment system for a new “hybrid”..
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National Treasury captured by Finance Minister Gigaba?

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Officials in the Treasury accused the finance minister, Malusi Gigaba, of hijacking the treasury by running a parallel administration. This he did by appointing about 20 confidants in his office. In this public attack on Gigaba, it is claimed that he decided to delay a forensic investigation into Eskom contracts with Tegata. The allegation also..
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SAA cash crunch deepens as suppliers have still not been paid

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South African Airways (SAA) appears to have exhausted its available cash reserves following news that suppliers have still not been paid for work done in July. The airline has thirty-day terms with a number of suppliers that provide essential services to it. They had not been paid at the end of last week, a week..
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Breaking News: Over 12 000 “Zombie Entrepreneurs” are doing business with the SA government

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It reads like the start of a joke, but we’re afraid this one’s no laughing matter. National Treasury has discovered about 12,000 dead people in its register of companies that do business with the state. A report by the Sunday Times has revealed that there are around 12 000 people on the South African government’s..
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