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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]