Infrastructure Built Anti-Corruption Forum (IBACF) implementing various initiatives that are focussed on corruption prevention
The Infrastructure Built Anti-Corruption Forum (IBACF) continues to play a critical role in ensuring a multi-stakeholder collaboration in the fight against fraud, corruption, and maladministration in the construction sector. The IBACF is one of the strategic interventions that is being implemented to protect the integrity of the approved government Infrastructure Investment Plan through detection and […]
Former Minister’s decision to order the Department to conclude lease agreement with Cultivar Investments, as part of land acquisition strategy programme, declared irregular and unlawful
The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) welcomes the order of the Special Tribunal, which declared a decision of the then Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform, Ms. Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, to order the Department to conclude a land reform lease agreement with Cultiver Investments was irregular and unlawful. The SIU approached the Special Tribunal to declare […]
SIU welcomes payment of R311 million by UJ to NSFAS
The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) welcomes the payment of R311 million made by the University of Johannesburg (UJ) to the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS). The monies paid by UJ are unallocated funds from 2016 to 2021. The unallocated funds are monies that were for students who qualified for funding but either changed institutions […]
SIU preliminary investigations on RAF finds over R340 million in duplicate payments to law firms
The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) is investigating 102 Law firms- including the Sheriffs, which receivedduplicate payments from the Road Accident Fund (RAF) of approximately R340 million and has recoveredapproximately R18 million. The SIU was presenting its preliminary findings to Parliament’s StandingCommittee on Public Accounts (SCOPA) on Wednesday, 19 April 2023. The SIU has approached several […]
SIU preliminary investigations show that more than R5 billion NSFAS funds was possibly assigned to students who did not qualify for funding
The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has found that more than R5 Billion National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) money was possibly allocated to student who did not qualify to be funded by the institution. The SIU was presenting its findings to Parliament’s Standing Committee on Public Accounts (SCOPA) onTuesday, 18 April 2023. The SIU’s investigations […]
Health sector anti-corruption forum cleaning up the health sector from chronic corruption
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 R 1.6 billion worth of civil action matters that have been instituted in the High Court and the Special Tribunal. The value […]
Mpumalanga businessman has been sentenced to four years imprisonment for attempting to bribe SIU investigator to make Covid-19 investigation disappear
The Mbombela Special Commercial Crimes Court has sentenced Mpendulo Sipho Mapalala to four years imprisonment for attempting to bribe a Special Investigating Unit (SIU) investigator. He will be serving time at the Mbombela Correctional Services Centre. Mapalala attempted to bribe an SIU investigator with the intention that the investigator make a PPE corruption investigation against […]
SIU welcomes arrest of a lawyer on fraud charges on matters related to Office of the State Attorney investigation
The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) welcomes the arrest of a lawyer for the Office of the State Attorney, Advocate Hassan Ebrahim Kajee. Adv. Kajee was arrested by the Hawks on 1 April 2023 on numerous charges of fraud. He appeared in the Johannesburg Regional Court on 3 April 2023 and was released on R20 000 […]
SIU welcomes sentencing of licensing officials for multiple counts of fraud
The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) welcomes the sentencing of four licensing officials for multiple counts of fraud in Standerton, Mpumalanga. On 29 March 2023, the Middelburg Regional Court sentenced the four officials with hefty fines or imprisonment after they pleaded guilty of multiple charges of fraud. The officials are: • Joyce Smangele Selepe: who pleaded […]
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 […]