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.
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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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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). 
Young people working from advanced technology environments have the potential to create from 10 to 1000 jobs wherever they go in their productive lives. It is, therefore, essential to develop these skills to build a knowledge economy, said Jan Wessels, CEO of Denel Dynamics, the Missile and UAVS (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Systems) and Integrated Air Defence Solutions company. 
Government must give tax rebates to citizens who pay for their own private security, trade union Solidarity said on Wednesday (13 February). 
Kaspersky Lab experts recorded 7000 attempts to infect gamers around the world every day in 2012. The attacks are launched in an attempt to gain access to personal user data, such as passwords to online games and online banking systems. Where games are concerned, malicious users attempt to steal avatars and in-game items subsequently to sell these virtual goods for real money. In the case of online banking, cybercriminals aim to steal money directly from real bank accounts. 
WASHINGTON, USA: President Barack Obama's executive aimed at increasing protection of critical infrastructure in the US from cyber-attacks addresses only a small portion of threats faced by companies and sets up a fresh battle in Congress over the legislation. 
HOLLYWOOD, USA: Prolexic, a global leader in distributed denial of service (DDoS) protection services, has introduced PLXpatrol, a public service that the world's security community can use to gain an instant global snapshot of current denial of service (DoS) and DDoS threats and activity. The free service is available at 
OULU, FINLAND: Elektrobit will demonstrate its defence product portfolio at IDEX 2013 that runs from 17 to 21 February in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates. 
