Sabelo Skiti

Johannesburg

Investigative Journalist at Freelance

Journalist. Umjita. Should have been a boxer/footballer... I tweet (RT) what I like!

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Articles

Minister Nobuhle Nkabane's Seta woes deepen

6 days ago | timeslive.co.za | Kgothatso Madisa |Sabelo Skiti |Thabo Mokone

Minister Nobuhle Nkabane's Seta woes deepen Prof Malegapuru Makgoba says president must act on 'disgrace' after shock new claim that higher education minister turned blind eye to Seta corruption 22 June 2025 - 00:00 By KGOTHATSO MADISA, SABELO SKITI and THABO MOKONE President Cyril Ramaphosa is facing mounting pressure to dismiss higher education minister Nobuhle Nkabane amid the row over her apparent lies to parliament and new disclosures that she turned a blind eye to corruption at the...
Public works in disarray with millions wasted

6 days ago | timeslive.co.za | Sabelo Skiti

Public works in disarray with millions wasted Sarah Baartman Centre of Remembrance still incomplete after 11 years 22 June 2025 - 00:00 A company contracted by Public Works to build a courthouse for R285m was replaced at the final stretch — with just R10m in work outstanding — and the project given to another company that was paid R116m to complete the job...
Nkabane's 'tangled web' threatens to trap her

2 weeks ago | timeslive.co.za | Sabelo Skiti |Kgothatso Madisa |Thabo Mokone

Nkabane's 'tangled web' threatens to trap her Suspicions that minister's 'panel' is an imaginary one could plunge her even deeper into trouble 08 June 2025 - 00:00 By SABELO SKITI, KGOTHATSO MADISA and THABO MOKONE Higher education minister Nobuhle Nkabane has her back to the wall as she faces growing pressure to come clean over her aborted plan to appoint politically connected chairs for sector education and training authorities (Setas)...
New twist in graft case against Mapisa-Nqakula

3 weeks ago | timeslive.co.za | Sabelo Skiti

New twist in graft case against Mapisa-Nqakula Star witness testimony uncertain after NPA decides to press charges against her 01 June 2025 - 00:00 The state’s corruption case against former defence minister and ANC stalwart Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula hangs in the balance after the NPA took a decision to press ahead with a separate fraud and corruption case against its star witness...
Eastern Cape education department exam paper printing contract challenged

1 month ago | timeslive.co.za | Sabelo Skiti

Eastern Cape education department exam paper printing contract challenged 18 May 2025 - 00:00 By SABELO SKITI The Eastern Cape education department is keeping mum about an alleged blunder in a R170m tender to print examination papers that has led to the matter ending up in court...
PIC scrambles for cash as Daybreak creditors close in

1 month ago | timeslive.co.za | Sabelo Skiti

PIC scrambles for cash as Daybreak creditors close in 18 May 2025 - 00:00 The Public Investment Corporation (PIC) is engaged in a desperate last-minute cash scramble to prevent its embattled chicken producer, Daybreak Foods, going into liquidation...
Take the money and run: Daybreak chair quits hours after R625k payment

1 month ago | timeslive.co.za | Sabelo Skiti

Take the money and run: Daybreak chair quits hours after R625k payment Bojane Segooa resigns with immediate effect while chickens die around her and staff go without salaries 11 May 2025 - 00:00 As Daybreak staff went unpaid this week and thousands of chickens suffered and died in filthy cages, the chair of the taxpayer-funded company had one thing on her mind — securing a final R625,000 pay cheque and quitting...
UIF embroiled in R800m funding scandal

1 month ago | timeslive.co.za | Sabelo Skiti

UIF embroiled in R800m funding scandal State-owned fund approved bailout for mining company despite internal concerns 04 May 2025 - 00:00 The embattled Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) has been caught up in a funding scandal after approving a bailout of more than R800m for a mining company despite internal misgivings about whether it was deserved...
‘Unauthorised’ electricity tokens compound Ekurhuleni revenue shortage

1 month ago | timeslive.co.za | Sabelo Skiti

‘Unauthorised’ electricity tokens compound Ekurhuleni revenue shortage The City of Ekurhuleni is conducting an independent investigation into dubious electricity revenue losses that run into the billions of rand 30 April 2025 - 04:30 Ekurhuleni municipality’s multimillion-rand electricity revenue shortage has deepened with the discovery that someone in the municipality’s information and communication technology (ICT) department has been producing unauthorised electricity tokens...
Security guards shot at Transnet depot allege police cover-up

2 months ago | timeslive.co.za | Sabelo Skiti

Security guards shot at Transnet depot allege police cover-up Complaint laid at Civilian Secretariat for Police Service 20 April 2025 - 00:00 A shooting incident more than two years ago at a Transnet depot in which two security guards were allegedly shot at and injured by police and a senior Transnet security official remains unsolved. ..