The Eskom saga in its many forms has dominated much of the 2023 news cycle, as it has in years before. From Andre de Ruyter to organised crime, from the minister for electricity to load shedding, the lives of South Africans arguably revolve more around this one issue than any other – even corruption. In Read more >
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CORRUPTION NEWS
Source: www.gov.za Corruption Watch is a member of the Health Sector Anti-Corruption Forum (HSACF), which is chaired by the Special Investigating Unit (SIU). The HSACF convened a successful meeting on 29 September 2023 to deliberate on anti-corruption interventions in the health sector. The collaborative effort between civil society, the private sector (inter alia medical schemes, Read more >
CORRUPTION NEWS
Police commissioner Fannie Masemola, deputy police minister Cassel Mathale, and Special Investigating Unit head Andy Mothibi met on 14 June to brief the Standing Committee on Public Accounts (Scopa) on the progress of SIU investigations into Eskom, arising from corruption and sabotage allegations made by former CEO Andre de Ruyter. Another police official, Brigadier Jap Read more >
CORRUPTION NEWS
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 >
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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 >
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Issued by the Special Investigating Unit The Health Sector Anti-Corruption Forum (HSACF) is playing a critical role in eradicating corruption in South Africa’s healthcare system. The HSACF has received a report from the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) of over R1.6-billion worth of civil action matters that have been instituted in the High Court and the Read more >
CORRUPTION NEWS
Two convictions in the past week of criminals found guilty of PPE fraud will boost efforts to bring to book those involved in the large-scale thievery of the Covid-19 national state of disaster. Both are former civil servants. With the implementation in March 2020 of the state of disaster in response to the outbreak of Read more >
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Source: South African government The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) together with the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) and the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners South Africa (ACFE SA) have come together to create awareness and encourage the public to take a proactive role in the ongoing battle against fraud and corruption during the International Read more >
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Source: South African government The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has obtained a preservation order from the Special Tribunal to freeze pension benefits of Philemon Letwaba, the former chief operating officer of the National Lotteries Commission (NLC). The Special Tribunal order, dated 16 September 2022, interdicts the Liberty Group — the pension administrator — from paying Read more >