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Recently Gauteng MEC of Finance and Economic Development, Lebogang Maile, launched the province’s first-ever Municipal Economic Review and Outlook (MERO) report at the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE), the biggest stock exchange on the African continent. The MERO report, a partnership between the Gauteng Provincial Government and Ernst & Young – a multinational professional services firm…

Background On the 11th of April 2024, gantries of the Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project, popularly known as e-toll, were officially disconnected from the e-toll system across the province. Following the initial announcement by Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana during his 2022 Mid-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) that e-tolls would be scrapped, the South African National Roads…

To clamp down on the mismanagement of funds, Gauteng Premier, Panyaza Lesufi will remove three Heads of Departments (HOD) following failure to comply with lifestyle audits. Addressing the media, Premier Lesufi said that 37% were categorised as high-risk or failed the assessment following an investigation conducted by the Special Investigating Unit (SIU). Lesufi said officials…