Mpumalanga businessman to be sentenced for attempting to bribe SIU investigator to make Covid-19 investigation disappear
Sentencing proceedings for Mpumalanga businessman, Sipho Mapalala, will begin on Thursday, 23 March 2023 at Mbombela Magistrates’ Court at 09h00. The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) secured a guilty plea from Mapalala in January 2023 on charges of corruption and bribery for attempting to bribe the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) investigator to make a Covid-19 procurement […]
SIU investigations at Fort Hare University are ongoing, focused on ensuring credible outcome
The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has noted media reports on allegations that are currently beinginvestigated by SIU at the University of Fort Hare. On 19 March 2023, the Sunday Times and TimesLive reported on what it terms, “the SIU investigations found”. The investigations are ongoing, and the SIU will always ensure that the integrity of […]
High Court dismisses application to review and set aside Covid-19 investigation report by Eastern Cape Municipality
The High Court of South Africa: Eastern Cape Division, Gqheberha, has dismissed an application brought by the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality to review and set aside an investigation report of the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) relating to Covid-19 procurement. The Municipality sought to set aside the SIU investigation report, which revealed that processes governing public […]
It is business as usual for the SIU after Constitutional Court ruling determines the power of the Special Tribunal
The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) welcomes the Constitutional Court ruling which confirmed the powers and the jurisdiction of the Special Tribunal. On 10 March 2023, the Constitutional Court ruled that the Special Tribunal is not a court, however, it still holds the jurisdiction and powers to adjudicate reviews brought by the SIU and to grant […]
Former Limpopo HOD fails to convince tribunal to consider releasing her pension benefits
The Special investigating Unit (SIU) welcomes the Special Tribunal order dismissing, with costs, an application brought by a former Head of Department of the Limpopo Department of Health, Dr Thokozani Florence Mhlongo, to reconsider an order authorising the Unit to freeze her pension benefits.In October 2022, the SIU obtained a preservation order from the Special […]
AFU and SIU granted order to freeze government land that was unlawfully transferred to private entities and individuals
The Pretoria Asset Forfeiture Unit (AFU) of the National Prosecuting Authority and the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) have been granted a preservation order by the High Court of South Africa: Gauteng Division, Pretoria, to freeze an agricultural holding and a farm in Gauteng Province valued at approximately R53 million, linked to the fraudulent transfer of […]
Special Investigating Unit recovers R18 million linked to Road Accident Fund investigation
The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has signed acknowledgments of debt with law firms and attorneys to the value of approximately R 68 million, which constitute unlawful acts of appropriation. The firms received duplicate payments from the Road Accident Fund (RAF) as compensation to persons injured because of motor vehicle accidents on South African roads. Instead […]
Home of Moitheri Pheto gained from National Lottery Commission (NLC) funding to be auctioned
The house of Moitheri Pheto that was built with funds linked to siphoning of the National Lottery Commission (NLC) grant funding will be auctioned on Thursday, 2 March 2023 at 11h00. The auction follows a preservation order granted by the High Court of South Africa, Gauteng Division,Pretoria, to the Asset Forfeiture Unit (AFU) and the […]
SIU authorised to investigate allegations of mismanagement of the Ilima/Letsema support programme in the former National Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed Proclamation R 114 of 2023 authorising the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) to investigate allegations of maladministration and corruption in the former National Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries’ (DAFF) project Ilima/Letsema Support Programme (Letsema), and to recover any financial losses suffered by the State. DAFF is now called Department of […]
AFU and SIU secure another preservation order in matter related to corruption at Eskom’s Kusile power station
The Pretoria Asset Forfeiture Unit (AFU) of the National Prosecuting Authority and the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) have secured yet another preservation order in terms of the Prevention of Organised Crime Act, 121 of 1998, in relation to the corruption at Eskom’s Kusile Power Station at the Pretoria High Court.The order, dated 16 February 2023, […]