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SIU has identified Gauteng, KZN and Western Cape as corruption hot spots By Tarryn-Leigh Solomons Share Cape Town - The Special Investigations Unit says of all nine provinces, Gauteng has been identified as one of the provinces with the highest number of corruption reports. A presentation to the SIU indicates 44% of the complaints originate from the province. The whistle-blower accounts are mainly drawn from the City of Johannesburg at 22.1%, followed by Tshwane at 10.1% and Ekurhuleni Municipa...

News24 Wire Last year, after a spate of PPE-related corruption, President Cyril Ramaphosa tasked the SIU to investigate Covid-19 related corruption. Advocate Andy Mothibi, the head of the Special Investigations Unit. Picture: YouTube. The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) is probing alleged corrupt personal protective equipment (PPE) contracts worth R14.2 billi...

The SIU is investigating PPE corruption worth R14.2 billion. While new cases are still coming in, it needs to start with 6% of the investigations. The SIUs Special Tribunal is busy with 15 PPE matters in an attempt to recover R365 million. The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) is probing alleged corrupt PPE contracts worth R14.2 billion - close to half of the money spent by government on PPE procurement. SIU head Andy Mothibi told Parliaments Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Servi...

Senior housing official Mvuleni Mapu allegedly behind unfair awarding of contract SIU smells more toilet tender stink PREMIUM By Michael Kimberley and Nomazima Nkosi - 04 May 2021 Two of the quotes for a R24m toilet tender were allegedly only given to the Nelson Mandela Bay municipality by housing delivery boss Mvuleni Mapu four days after a Free State company had already been sent a letter of appointment.       The explosive claim is contained in a March 29  letter sent...

Nkandla architect one step away from court Khulekani Magubane"> By Khulekani Magubane - 12 October 2017 - 10:02 Nkandla architect Minenhle Makhanya is one step away from appearing in court over the R246 million spent on the controversial upgrades to President Jacob Zuma’s private home. This is according to a report submitted to Parliament by the Special Investigating Unit. However‚ MPs expressed concern at the slow pace at which the unit concluded civil and related matters. Andy M...

The Special Tribunal has set aside a R4.9 million contract, which was irregularly awarded to Rosette Investments, by the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Social Development.

Generic image. NATIONAL NEWS - The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has welcomed a Pretoria High Court dismissal of former Gauteng Health MEC, Dr Bandile Masuku’s application challenging the Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) investigation outcome report. The application is related to PPE procurement by the Gauteng Department of Health in April 2020. Reacting to the High Court outcome, the SIU said its investigation in the department found a number of irregularities i...

High court dismisses Masuku’s application to challenge SIU report Former Gauteng Health MEC Bandile Masuku, on Monday, failed in his bid to challenge the SIU report into PPE irregularities. The High Court, Gauteng division has dismissed former Health MEC Bandile Masuku’s application to challenge the Special Investigating Unit’s (SIU) report into personal protective equipment (PPE) irregularities.  The SIU’s PPE investigation in the Gauteng Department of Health found a number of irregul...

Justice Minister Ronald Lamola opened the Special Investigating Unit officers in the Northern Cape.   He urged members of the community to use the offices and report all allegations of corruption. Lamola said the Covid-19 pandemic has proven that corruption knows no boundaries. Justice and Correctional Services Minister Ronald Lamola says the Covid-19 pandemic has proven to be a "painful illustration" that corruption knows no boundaries. Lamola was speaking at the launch of the Special Invest...

Law enforcement agencies slated for submitting substandard reports in Parliament By Mayibongwe Maqhina Share Cape Town - Parliamentarians told the country’s top law enforcement agencies that they did not want fancy presentations on the work they do, but a demonstration of the progress from their previous reports. This emerged when three law enforcement agencies came under criticism from the MPs over the report they provided to the justice and correctional services portfolio committee. The Spe...