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Gauteng's former health MEC Dr Bandile Masuku has lost his bid to overturn a report suggesting he had not done enough to investigate alleged tender irregularities.

SIU findings ‘opinions, do not carry weight’ - Masuku weighing legal options Updated Karabo Tebele Share this: Former Gauteng Health MEC Bandile Masuku says he is still studying the high court ruling which dismissed his application against the Special Investigating Unit (SIU). Gauteng Health Department The High Court in Pretoria dismissed Masuku’s application to challenge the SIU’s findings in relation to the Gauteng personal protective equipment (PPE) scandal.   Masuku ...

Well wait for SIU findings on tender allegations against Mkhize - Mabuza COVID-19 irregularities involving Health Minister Zweli Mkhize were among the topics raised with Deputy President David Mabuza on Wednesday. Deputy President David Mabuza visits the Biovac Institute in Midrand on 2 March 2021. Picture: GCIS. 4 days ago CAPE TOWN - COVID-19 irregularities involving Health Minister Zweli Mkhize were amon...

Govt officials hampering probes into COVID-19 tender fraud, SIU tells MPs SIU head, Advocate Andy Mothibi, said that officials used to be requested for information or to make themselves available for an interview but government supply chain management officials had not been cooperating, and now the gloves were off. SIU head Advocate Andy Mothibi. Picture: @RSASIU/Twitter 12 days ago CAPE TOWN - The Special I...

SIU given green light for North West public works and roads investigation Special Investigating Unit head advocate Andy Mothibi. File photo. Image: Freddy Mavunda President Cyril Ramaphosa has authorised the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) to investigate corruption, malpractice and maladministration in the North West department of public works and roads to recover financial losses. The government gazette made the signing of the proclamation public saying that the SIU was ...

We follow evidence, not individuals, says NPA boss Batohi as MPs question lack of arrests in North West 15 March 2021 - 21:33 Shamila Batohi says that to get to the big fish you first fry the sardine, which is bound to start singing when the frying pan gets hot and it starts imagining what 15 years in jail feels like. File picture. Image: Alon Skuy Parliaments ad hoc committee on the governments intervention in the North West is not pleased that the NPA is yet to charg...

SIU probe into Eastern Capes R35m PPE tender unravels into shambles PREMIUM By Ray Hartle - 15 March 2021 A R35.5m PPE tender, issued in June 2020 by the Eastern Cape health department, when the first wave of Covid-19 infections was at its worst, and which was already under suspicion because of a Special Investigating Unit probe into all such contracts, has disintegrated into a legal and accounting shambles... This article is reserved for DispatchLIVE subscribers. Get access to ALL ...

MPs label ANC ‘congregation of the corrupt’ during heated debate ‘In other democracies there would have been en masse resignations when confronted with such astounding failure, but not here’ — Bantu Holomisa 12 March 2021 - 16:33 UDM leader Bantu Holomisa did not mince his words on Friday when he detailed in parliament what he termed the 25 big scandals in the country’s 27 years of democracy. File photo. Image: Simphiwe Nkwali The scrapping of the tender...

Credit Southern Illinois University WSIUs Jennifer Fuller talks with SIUC Chancellor Austin Lane about the universitys plans for in-person learning in the Fall of 2021, along with the announcement that SIUC will host in-person graduation ceremonies in May. Segment One (Morning Edition, 3/9/2021): Listen

Heartland universities cancel spring break this year Local universities cancel spring break By Noelle Williams | March 9, 2021 at 9:41 PM CST - Updated March 10 at 3:59 AM CARBONDALE, Ill. (KFVS) - Spring break is going to look a lot different this year. Southern Illinois University Carbondale is scheduling classes in an effort to keep students safe. “We have no way of really knowing whether or not students will travel,” said Benjamin Newman, the Director of Public Safety at Southern I...