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SIU still to recover R14m more from Diko company Ledla over dodgy PPE tender SIU head Andy Mothibi Mothibi told Scopa that evidence was being destroyed as it investigated PPE fraud. File picture. Image: Freddy Mavunda The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) still has to recover R14m from Ledla Structural, money which was irregularly awarded through a R139m personal protective equipment (PPE) contract by the Gauteng health department. Though the SIU had managed to stop R100m f...

SIU to spend R120m to recover looted funds, Scopa hears News24 Wire SIU head advocate Andy Mothibi briefed the media on Friday on 5 February 2021, on the unit’s finalised investigations into the procurement of PPE and other goods by state institutions. Picture: @RSASIU/Twitter SIU revealed it has engaged...

SIU to beef up security after investigators threatened during PPE probe Political pressure and people with links to key political players were found to be the main drivers of personal protective equipment (PPE) corruption, the head of the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) told parliament’s standing committee on public accounts (Scopa) on Wednesday, adding that some of his investigators had come under threat. “As a result, we have decided to take protective measures so that our members can co...

It's emerged Special Investigating Unit members were threatened while investigating PPE corruption.

SIU head Andy Mothibi wants new regulations to be put in place by the government to regulate the involvement of influential figures in state procurement.

The president has described the findings of an SIU probe into PPE procurement corruption as 'disturbing reading', saying many 'purposefully set out to steal millions in public money'.

#Covid-19: SIU on the warpath with almost half of PPE contracts under scrutiny A dentist performs a tooth removal in full PPE .(Yeshiel Panchia/Health-e News) The Special Investigations Unit found that some companies hiked their prices for PPE by 400% or more. The Special Investigation Unit’s latest report on the procurement of Personal Protective Equipment has revealed that companies not on the database benefited from lucrative contracts. The SIU found that government departments awarded co...

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Big stink over Nelson Mandela Bay toilet tender Special Tribunal asked to claw back funds spent on incomplete R24m project PREMIUM By Michael Kimberley and Ernest Mabuza - 06 February 2021 A probe into a R24m toilet tender in Nelson Mandela Bay has revealed that the tender process did not tick the legal boxes, with plans afoot to claw back the money meant to see 2,000 toilets built in the city. This was revealed on Friday by the Special Investigating Unit, which has since ap...