SIU Welcomes the prosecution of four individuals for colluding to defraud Public Works
The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) welcomes the arrest and subsequent prosecution of four individuals for allegedly colluding to defraud the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure of more than R2.8 million.On 24 May 2022, Jan Mathebula, Solomon Mojela, Romeo Malope and Prudence Mohale appeared in the Pretoria Commercial Crimes Court on charges of fraud. They […]
SIU Welcomes invalidation of the R4.8 million door to door COVID-19 Awareness tender
The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) welcomes the Special Tribunal order that declared the R4.8 million Covid-19 tender awarded by O.R. Tambo District Municipality IN THE Eastern Cape to Phathilizwi Training Institute, to conduct Covid-19 awareness, invalid and unlawful.On Wednesday, 18 May 2022, the Special Tribunal set aside the tender and ordered the municipality not to […]
Two former Ekurhuleni officials, businessman jailed for tender fraud, money laundering and corruption
The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) welcomes the imprisonment of two former City of Ekurhuleni officials and businessman for tender fraud, corruption and money laundering in connection with R21.8 million.Today, the Pretoria Commercial Crimes Court sentenced Businessman Velero David to 10 years for fraud amounting to R21 806 331 and 15 years for corruption to the […]
Former State Attorney official losses pension benefits, ordered to pay back over R4.4 million in fraudulent claims
The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) welcomes an order by the Special Tribunal ordering former assistant State Attorney, two other individuals and Ntandokazi Trading to pay back over R4.4 million, with interest, fraudulently claimed for midwifery medico-legal services.On 04 May 2022, the Special Tribunal ruled that former assistant State Attorney Nosipho Zibani, Yolanda Tebogo Hlatshwayo, Phindile […]
SIU Authorized to investigate waste management contacts at Limpopo Department of Health
President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed Proclamation R55 of 2022 authorising the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) to investigate allegations of corruption and maladministration in the affairs of the Limpopo Department of Health, and to recover any financial losses suffered by the State or the Department through civil litigation.The SIU investigation in the Department of Health will […]
HIGH COURT orders eviction of unlawful occupants of R19 Million Grape Farm in the Western Cape
Unlawful occupants of the once profitable export table grape farm in the Western Cape, which was prematurely acquired by the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development (the Department) for R19 million in 2012, have been ordered to vacate the farm within 60 days.Big Five Farming Co-operative Limited (Big Five) as well as its […]
SAP ordered to repay Department of Water and Sanitation more than R400 million
Two software license and support agreement contracts concluded between the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) and Systems Applications Products (SAP) to the value of more than R1 billion have been declared constitutionally invalid and set aside by the Special Tribunal.The Special Tribunal order follows an intensive investigation by the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) in […]
SIU raids National Lotteries Commission offices in the Northern Cape
The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has obtained a search and seizure warrant from the Kimberly Magistrate Court, Northern Cape province, to raid the National Lotteries Commission (NLC) offices.The warrant, which was obtained on 8 March 2022, authorises the SIU to search and seize evidence from the NLC-Kimberly office relating to the funding of Non-Profit Organisations […]
Contractors stripped of profits eared from the R40.4 million Beit Bridge border fence tender
The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) welcomes the Special Tribunal order stripping Caledon River Properties (Pty) Ltd and Profteam CC of profits earned from the R40.4 million contracts awarded by the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI) to erect the Beit Bridge border fence, as part of the COVID-19 emergency procurement in 2020. Soon after […]
High Court dismisses Mphaphuli’s application to review and set aside SIU report on Operation Mabone project
The High Court (Limpopo Division in Polokwane) has dismissed with costs an application by Mphaphuli Consulting (PTY) Limited, an engineering company owned by Lufuno Mphaphuli, to review and set aside the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) report on operation mabone project in Limpopo Province.The SIU welcomes the High Court judgment as it settles the question of […]