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, […]
Pension fund of former Eskom Contracts Manager to remain frozen pending conclusion of SIU investigations
The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) welcomes the Special Tribunal order to dismiss, with costs, an application to reconsider a preservation order to preserve pension benefits of former Eskom contracts manager, Dudu Moyo. Moyo applied to have the preservation order, that was granted to the SIU, to be reconsidered. The 2 February 2022 order comes after […]
SIU welcomes 10 year imprisonment of former Eastern Cape Health messenger for R23 million PPE fraud and forgery
The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) welcomes the jailing of former Eastern Cape Department of Health messenger on charges relating to Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) tender fraud to the value of more than R23 million. Ayanda Matinise, a former messenger in the office of the then Eastern Cape Health MEC Sindiswa Gomba, is imprisoned on the […]
The SIU welcomes Special Tribunal order confirming that assets of Hamilton Ndlovu and others remain preserved
The Special Tribunal has found that it would not be in the interest of justice to allow the Johannesburg businessman, Hamilton Ndlovu and others to retain possession of preserved assets pending an outcome of an appeal to the High Court to overturn the final forfeiture order of preserved assets. In June 2022, the Tribunal ordered […]
Hlaudi Motsoeneng loses appeal bid to avoid paying R11.5 million paid to him as success fee for Multichoice deal
On 19 January 2023, the Supreme Court of Appeal dismissed with costs an application brought by Hlaudi Motsoeneng to appeal the order of the High Court of South Africa: Gauteng Local Division, Johannesburg, declaring the decision of the then SABC Board to pay him R11.5 million as unlawful and invalid. Around August 2016, the then […]
AFU, SIU granted order to freeze five properties linked to National Lotteries Commission investigations
The National Prosecuting Authority’s Asset Forfeiture Unit (AFU) and the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) have obtained a preservation order from the High Court of South Africa, Gauteng Division, Pretoria, to freeze three luxury properties, a plot, and a portion of a farm that are linked to the siphoning of lotteries grant funding meant for community […]
SIU welcomes the court appearance of Eastern Cape Department of Education Chief Director for Supply Chain Management and wife for PPE tender
The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) welcomes the court appearance of Mr. Marius Harmse-Chief Director Supply Chain Management-Eastern Cape Department of Education (ECDOE), and his wife Mrs. Elanore Harmse and service provider Mr. Sigqibo Makupula, the director of Kups Trading. The three accused were arrested by the Directorate for Priority Crimes Investigation (HAWKS) and charged with […]
SIU authorised to investigate allegations of corruption and maladministration in the Department of Water and Sanitation, Saldanha Bay Local Municipality and amendment of Eskom Investigations
President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed one new proclamation and two amended proclamations, authorising the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) to investigate allegations of corruption and maladministration in the affairs of the Department of Water and Sanitation, Saldanha Bay Local Municipality and Eskom Holdings SOC Limited, and to recover any losses suffered by the State. Eskom Proclamation […]
The SIU recovers over R33 million from Northlink College in NSFAS investigation
The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has recovered R33 489 884.37 from Northlink College in the Western Cape as part of its National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) investigations. This is the first actual recovery of government money since the signing of Proclamation R88 of 2022 on Friday, 26 August 2022.Northlink College is a technical and […]