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In the latest corruption-related case in the province, the head of the North West health department has been granted a leave of absence after he was arrested on charges related to a R470-million tender to build a hospital. His predecessor also faces criminal charges.

The municipalities that have, however, received flying colours for their stand against corruption are Ekurhuleni and Cape Town. Ekurhuleni is believed to have cleaned out the rot since the appointment of Dr Imogen Mashazi as municipal manager. Mashazi is known for his no-nonsense approach to maladministration and reckless spending.

Eskom has officially started operating the first of eight utility-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) projects being introduced as part of Phase 1 of a World Bank-funded programme to add batteries with a combined storage capacity of 199 MW and the ability to discharge 833 MWh of electricity over a minimum of four hours. The project in question is the 20 MW/100MWh Hex BESS site, which has been built on Eskom’s distribution network in Worcester in the Western Cape using batteries supplied by Hyosung, of South Korea.

— Sealed Air Corp. said Wednesday that together with Sealed Air Corp. it has launched an offering of senior notes due 2031.
Net proceeds will be used to repurchase Sealed Air’s 5.125% senior notes…

The judge presiding over the corruption trial of former eThekwini mayor Zandile Gumede and her 21 co-accused did not take kindly to an accused’s failure to let his lawyer know that he was too ill attend the proceedings.

Damning findings in a forensic report prepared for the State Information Technology Agency by legal firm Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr Inc. has unearthed a series of procedural flaws and irregularities in the awarding of a multi-million rand tender for Local Area Network services to Western Cape schools.

The judge in the Zandile Gumede corruption trial is calling for the doctor who issued a sick note for one of the accused to appear in court.

The Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg has ruled that Floyd Brink’s appointment as city manager was unconstitutional, unlawful and invalid.

“I am completely traumatised and shocked by such evil.”

North West health department boss Obakeng Mongale, who faces corruption charges for the irregular awarding of tenders, has been granted leave of absence, pending the finalisation of his court case.