taxpayer funds

ActionSA Demands Transparency on Ithala Bank Loans

ActionSA is demanding transparency from KwaZulu-Natal's Ithala bank over outstanding loans granted to politically exposed individuals. The party is concerned that taxpayer funds may have been misused to benefit politicians and their associates, including the chairperson of Parliament’s portfolio committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Zweli Mkhize, and his family. ActionSA’s Alan Beesley says reports indicate that Ithala is commercially and technically insolvent, with 2.2-billion-rand in loans, but only […]

March 7, 2025 32

South Africa

In S.A, the DA says government wasted over 28-million-rand on NHI advertising

To South Africa, where the DA says the government has wasted over 28-million-rand on National Health Insurance advertising while public hospitals struggle with staff shortages. The party argues that the funds, spent since April last year, should have been used to fill two-thousand vacant medical posts instead of promoting an unrealistic healthcare scheme. The DA’s Michele Clarke warns the doctor-to-patient ratio remains critically low, forcing many medical professionals to seek […]

February 22, 2025 41