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The Special Investigating Unit has told MPs that the government is in the process of recouping some of the funds from service providers which charged excessive prices for state funerals.

Tate Makgoe IMAGE: Ntwaagae Seleka/News24 The Free State federal government has actually safeguarded its choice to pay R3.5

The Free State government has justified spending R3.5 million on former education MEC Tate Makgoe's funeral, saying he was "popular and his funeral was expected to draw multitudes of people". 



The path for suspended public works director-general Sam Vukela to return to work has been cleared.

The DA wants the appointment of Alec Moemi as acting Department of Public Works and Infrastructure director-general to be withdrawn and set aside.

UDM leader Bantu Holomisa has made several claims about the appointment of Alec Moemi as acting director-general at the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure.

This was a man with an outstanding track record as a political leader and activist, yet you never heard him bring it up.

Disgraced public works director-general Sam Vukela's future in government is in limbo because yet another court case has been set in motion – this time to keep him away from the office. Following a General Public Service Sector Bargaining Council (GPSSBC) finding that Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Patricia de Lille unfairly suspended him, Vukela was hopeful of a return to the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI)'s Pretoria head office.

Disgraced public works director-general Sam Vukela's future in government is in limbo because yet another court case has been set in motion – this time to keep him away from the office.

The bargaining council ordered Patricia de Lille to lift Sam Vukela's suspension with immediate effect. It also ordered the minister to allow Vukela to return to work on Wednesday.