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Minister in the Presidency Mondli Gungubele and officials briefed the Standing Committee on Public Accounts on Sam Vukela's disciplinary case.

Suspended public works director-general Sam Vukela has been "earning" a salary, totalling R3.3-million, while waiting for his disciplinary case to be concluded. The several court bids Vukela has instituted against his suspension and disciplinary process are at the heart of why the matter has been dragging.

Oyama Mabandla writes in a tribute to the late Lindiwe Mabuza that she represented the ANC of such leaders as Oliver Tambo and Thabo Mbeki

Alon Skuy/Gallo Images Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Patricia de Lille has promised that less will be spent on state funerals, state visits and other functions. The department's budget for prestige programmes will drop from R94 million in 2021-22 to R83 million in 2023-24. On Tuesday, De Lille delivered her department's budget vote speech in Parliament. The government plans to spend less on functions, state visits and funerals. On Tuesday, Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Patricia de Lille announced in her budget vote speech less would be spent over the medium-term expendit...

Crackdown on State funerals’ spending Share Cape Town - The Department of Public Works and Infrastructure is cracking down on huge costs for state and official funerals with new standards developed to cut down on these costs. This follows revelations a few years ago of the millions paid for the funeral of late Struggle stalwart Winnie Madizela-Mandela and other veterans. There was an outcry after it emerged a total of R76 million was paid for the three funerals in 2018. Madikizela-Mandela’s funeral cost more than R35m. The government had spent R29m on the funeral of former Cabinet m...