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SIU takes steps to cancel irregular R150m Digital Vibes contract 27 May 2021 - 13:31 Image: Freddy Mavunda The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) will take legal action to have the irregular R150m communications contract awarded to health minister Dr Zweli Mkhize s alleged close friend cancelled and the monies lost recovered. This was announced by head of the investigating unit, Andy Mothibi, during a briefing to the SA National Editors Forum on Thursday about outcomes of their investigations. Mothibi said the SIU will approach the Special Tribunal in the next two weeks for an application to get the contract awarded to Digital Vibes cancelled. ....
27 May 2021 - 20:18 SIU head Andy Mothibi told Scopa that evidence was being destroyed as it investigated PPE fraud. File picture. Image: Freddy Mavunda Special Investigating Unit head advocate Andy Mothibi says the unit has concluded 40% of the 4,117 Covid-19 related cases it has been investigating since last year. Details of these cases are included in the unit s latest Covid-19 report, submitted to President Cyril Ramaphosa last month, he said. Mothibi said the concluded 40% of investigations involved 835 service providers and 1,071 contracts awarded to service provides valued at just more than R5.7bn. Of those 1,071 contracts, irregularities were identified in 352 cases (31%) involving 247 service providers and contracts to the value of R1.78bn. ....
Tour the 2021 National Pavilions at Venice Architecture Biennale Stuck at home? We got you. Our virtual tour of the 2021 National Pavilions at the 17th Venice Architecture Biennale will help transport you to the avant-garde of contemporary architecture from across the globe The British Pavilion at the 2021 Venice Architecture Biennale. Photography: Cristiano Corte, courtesy of British Council Varied and engaging as ever, the 2021 National Pavilions at the 17th Venice Architecture Biennale tell a story of the current concerns of architecture and urbanism around the world. Spread across the Giardini park, the Arsenale grounds and several other locations in Venice, the national participations and responses to Hashim Sarkis’ seminal question ‘How Will We Live Together?’ are rich and multi-faceted. Topics range from challenges of the urban realm, technology, sustainability, migration and housing. Let the virtual tour begin! ....
DA calls for Mkhize to step aside pending probe outcome Updated Nothando Mkhize Share this: The Democratic Alliance (DA) says Health Minister Zweli Mkhize should step aside pending the finalisation of the probe into procurement irregularities in his department. GCIS In a statement, DA Shadow Minister of Health, Siviwe Gwarube said: It is now clear that this looting of public money has happened under the leadership of Dr Mkhize while there is a glaring conflict of interest. It cannot be that the very person entrusted with the Covid-19 response in the country is embroiled in this kind of scandal involving public money. Minister Mkhize should step down pending a full Special Investigative Unit (SIU) investigation. ....