According to an article by Amanda Visser, fewer than half of government departments are able to provide "credible and quality information" in their financial reports. Quoting auditor-general Terence Nombembe, it seems
state finances are regressing.
It's bad enough when we hear of our tax monies being wasted through the need (call that greed) of individuals within government deciding to spend millions on parties, luxury cars, first-class travel and so on, but it's almost worse when even the auditor-general has an issue with the departments and municipalities' accounting standards, and we then don't know where money is going or how it is being spent or wasted.
Do you want to know what the
best programs to protect passwords are? Subhash Chandra has some suggestions for you.
On the aquaculture front, the
environmental impact guideline for aquaculture has been published for public comment. You can download the entire document from the article on Bizcommunity.com.
As if being taxed to poverty weren't enough, and then discovering that the average government department and vast majority of municipalities have a less than stellar record when it comes to accounting practice, it seems like the
petrol price may go up 87c a litre.
And to think that one day
these will be the bad old days...
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Water and Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa has published the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Guideline for Aquaculture in South Africa, for public comment in Gazette No. 36145 of 11 February 2013. 
A proposed new credit amnesty could benefit up to two million blacklisted South Africans, the Department of Trade and Industry told MPs on Wednesday (13 February). 
Having South African troops in the war-torn Central African Republic (CAR) could cost taxpayers more than R1.2bn over five years‚ President Jacob Zuma said on Monday (11 February). 
South Africa and Russia have condemned the latest nuclear test carried out by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK). 
President Jacob Zuma should tackle the problem of unemployment and job creation in his state-of-the-nation speech, the union Neasa said on Tuesday (12 February). 
Investment in the renewable energy sector will contribute to South Africa's economic development and growth, Energy Minister Dipuo Peters said on Tuesday. 
The Department of Trade and Industry will lead a 14-member business delegation on an Outward Selling Mission to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, from today to Thursday, 14 February. 
Poor, academically deserving students cannot get a university education because of their financial position, the chairman of Parliament's portfolio committee on higher education Ishmael Malale, said on Wednesday (13 February). 
Export revenues of nearly R3bn and as many as 9,000 jobs could be lost if the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries fails to complete a critical survey of fish stocks in South African waters. 
The South African Students Congress (Sasco) last week called for an "education tax" on business as an alternative to a proposed tax on graduates, which was floated by the ANC in its Mangaung conference resolutions. 
Western Cape motorists have four weeks to object to a proposed 5.3% increase in licence registration fees, provincial transport authorities said on Monday (18 February). 
Drugs worth a street value of R280,000 and over R200,000 in cash were seized following a raid of a Shallcross house in KwaZulu-Natal, said Police. 
A 45-year-old man has appeared in the Thohoyandou Magistrate's Court for being in possession of two elephant tusks, said Limpopo police yesterday. 
Government must give tax rebates to citizens who pay for their own private security, trade union Solidarity said on Wednesday (13 February). 
The director of operations at Sun City, Geoff Mabote, has resigned amid an investigation by the North West Gambling Board into questions of his suitability to hold a licence in the gambling sector. 
MEXICO CITY, MEXICO: Mexican government measures to ensure greater safety of journalists, along with strategies adopted by media and journalists to continue reporting from highly dangerous parts of the country were examined last week by a delegation from the International Press Institute (IPI) and the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA). 
Not one Eastern Cape municipality has obtained a clean audit, according to a report on Monday (18 February). 
For South Africans the chances of horse meat being disguised as beef and slipping through South Africa's import controls are extremely slim claims the agriculture department. 
