R6.8m a month wasted on empty police headquarters in Pretoria
Taxpayers foot an expensive monthly bill as SAPS pays nearly R40m a month to rent premises in the city centre.
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Dean Macpherson | Department of Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI) | Foreign Correspondents’ Association of Southern Africa | Government | President Cyril Ramaphosa | South African National Property Company
South Africa one step closer to launching a new state-owned company
The South African National Property Company will oversee 88,000 buildings and five million hectares of land valued at roughly R148 billion.
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ANC | Coalition Politics | DA | DA leadership | Dean Macpherson | National
New DA KZN leader targets ANC and MKP support
Sithembiso Ngema, the newly elected leader of the Democratic Alliance (DA) in KwaZulu-Natal, wants to rebrand the image of the party so that it can attract dissilussioned voters from other parties. “I can promise you that the DA will grow in leaps and bounds. We will campaign in all the corners of this province. The…
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Malatsi pulls AI policy after fake citation disaster
“South Africa deserves better,” the minister said.
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Article One | Dean Macpherson | Department of Communications and Digital Technologies | Draft South Africa National Artificial Intelligence (AI) Policy | Government | Khusela Diko
Scandal erupts over South Africa’s new draft AI policy which used fake references generated by AI
A scandal has erupted over the new Draft South Africa National Artificial Intelligence (AI) Policy, which has been generated with AI and contains numerous fake references.
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Minister takes pain after fake research cited in South Africa’s AI policy
Communications minister Solly Malatsi came under fire after it emerged that AI was likely used to help write South Africa’s National Artificial Intelligence Policy.
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New forensic science laboratory unveiled in KZN as SAPS grapples with severe DNA backlogs
With KwaZulu-Natal being one of the top provinces accounting for the highest number of DNA and forensic toxicology backlogs, provincial authorities believe the new forensic lab was a step in the right direction. The privately owned facility was presented in Durban on Friday by Dean Macpherson, the minister of public works and infrastructure. “When the…
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EPWP funding to eThekwini halted over ‘jobs for sex’ and ghost beneficiaries scandal
Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Dean Macpherson has announced that his department will withhold Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) funding to eThekwini Metropolitan municipality following an alleged jobs for sex, relatives, political affiliates and cash scandal that has led to payments being made to individuals who did not qualify as beneficiaries. Macpherson’s decision, announced at…
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SA to create state firm to manage R155bn property portfolio
Includes around 88 000 buildings and five million hectares of land.
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Fearless mafias are crushing South Africa
Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Dean Macpherson says there has been a reduction in construction stoppages by business forums. However, fibre network rollouts could still be suffering.