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GOVERNANCE

Scopa-SIU collaboration good for continuity

The fight against corruption in South Africa has received a significant boost in a collaborative effort between Parliament and anti-corruption agency, Special Investigating Unit (SIU). The Standing Committee on Public Accounts (Scopa) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the SIU to ensure continuation in the seventh parliament of cases brought to Scopa by Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

Special Tribunal sets aside another dodgy Covid PPE tender

It may have happened nearly four years ago, but South Africans have not forgotten the mad rush to exploit the relaxed emergency procurement regulations that were put in place when Covid-19 hit the country. Corruption flourished as civil servants and private companies alike fell over themselves to grab a slice of the pie. Overnight, companies Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

Special Investigating Unit on progress in tackling construction mafia

The activities of the so-called construction mafia have, over the past year or so, become an important discussion topic in South Africa. Groups associated with the mafia have disrupted infrastructure development, intimidated communities and workers, demanded protection money, and exploited procurement and supply for their own profit. The construction mafia, like other such groupings, is Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

SIU and CSIR to work with Interpol in cross-border collaboration

Image: SAnews.gov.za The importance of cross-border co-operation in effectively tackling organised crime and illicit financial flows has been well documented. Building stronger networks will help ensure that criminals do not escape by fleeing the country, and because criminal networks have become more resourceful and sophisticated in recent years, so too must be the tools used Read more >

STATE CAPTURE

Scopa briefed on progress into SOE, state capture investigations

Image: SIU On 22 November prominent law enforcement agencies met with Parliament’s Standing Committee on Public Accounts (Scopa). The Special Investigating Unit (SIU), the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (DPCI or Hawks), and the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) briefed the committee on the ongoing collaboration on cases involving state-owned enterprises (SOEs) referred to them by Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

SIU pursuing accountability from state institutions, Scopa told

The parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Accounts (Scopa) is monitoring the progress of several investigations that originated from the Presidency and from the Zondo commission respectively. On 13 June the committee heard Andy Mothibi, head of the Special Investigating Unit (SIU), and Khumbudzo Ntshavheni, the minister in the Presidency, giving an update on the status Read more >

CORRUPTION NEWS

Covid-19 procurement irregularities at R8.9-billion, with more to come

The Special Investigating Unit’s (SIU) third final report on its wide-ranging investigation into Covid-19 procurement irregularities under Proclamation R23 of 2020 is now publicly available – find part 1 and part 2 here. R23 authorised the SIU to investigate procurement conducted under the Covid-19 national state of disaster, which was declared in March 2020. It Read more >