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State institutions have been implicated in fraud and corruption related to the procurement and distribution of personal protective equipment in South Africa.

WATCH LIVE: SIU updates media on PPE scandal probe State institutions have been implicated in fraud and corruption related to the procurement and distribution of personal protective equipment in South Africa. SIU head Advocate Andy Mothibi. Picture: @SAgovnews/Twitter JOHANNESBURG - The SIU is updating the country on its probe into the personal protective equipment (PPE) scandal. SIU head Andy Mothibi is lea...

SIU head, Advocate Andy Mothibi, released a report into finalised investigations and outcomes into allegations of corruption by state institutions.

Getty Images The SIU received a total of 189 corruption allegations related to PPE procurement. Denosa says all money recovered from the investigations should be used to procure quality PPE for healthcare workers.  The FF+ has called for the probes to be expedited.  The Democratic Nursing Organisation of South Africa (Denosa) says the report by the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) that R13.3 billion of personal protective equipment (PPE) procurement is subject to investigation is disappointi...

According to Head of the SIU Advocate Andy Mothibi, the investigation has revealed that political pressure played a role in the awarding of tenders to particular companies.

SIU recovers R126m from dodgy PPE tenders 5 February 2021 1:27 PM Share This: The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) is updating South Africans on its probe into dodgy personal protective equipment (PPE) tenders. SIU head, Advocate Andy Mothibi, is releasing finalised reports into allegations of PPE corruption by state institutions. The SIU has so far recovered more than R126 million in illegal PPE contracts. In total, the SIU says its received 189 tender irregularities linked to PPE contracts na...

Fuelled by an “insatiable pursuit of self-enrichment”, a report showed on Friday. By Mfuneko Toyana, Reuters 5 Feb 2021  14:40  Image: T. Narayan/Bloomberg A probe into public spending on coronavirus in South Africa has found evidence of political pressure, price inflation, and fraud in many of the contracts, fuelled by an “insatiable pursuit of self-enrichment”, a report showed on Friday. The Special Investigation Unit (SIU) launched the probe in July after a flood of whistleblow...

Source: South Africa News Agency The procurement of COVID-19 related goods and services was characterised by flagrant and wanton disregard of the applicable law, policies and procedures, a Special Investigating Unit (SIU) probe has revealed. However, intervention by the government agency saw the splurge reigned in and millions of rands being recouped through civil litigation, while criminal charges have been laid against the implicated. With the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic signalling the ne...

Tebogo Letsie, Gallo Images, City Press The SIU received a total of 189 corruption allegations related to the procurement of PPE.  Gauteng had the most claims of corruption reported, followed by KZN and the Eastern Cape.   SIU head Andy Mothibi says investigations revealed a "flagrant and wanton disregard of the applicable law, policies and procedures". The head of the Special Investigating Unit (SIU), advocate Andy Mothibi, has lamented the "insatiable pursuit of self-enrichment" by officia...

Share This: SIU head, Advocate Andy Mothibi, released a report into finalised investigations and outcomes into allegations of corruption by state institutions. JOHANNESBURG - The Special Investigating Unit said that it had received 189 procurement irregularities relating to personal protective equipment (PPE) contracts nationally. SIU head, Advocate Andy Mothibi, has released a report into finalised investigations and outcomes into allegations of corruption over the COVID-19 PPE procurement by ...