SIU interdicts sale of farm owned by former NLC COO linked to misappropriated NLC funds
The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has obtained an interdict from the Special Tribunal to stop the sale of a farm in Limpopo that is linked to the former National Lotteries Commission (NLC) Chief Operations Officer Phillemon Letwaba and his brother Johannes Letwaba. The farm was listed for R7 million last year and is currently under […]
Luxury home and cars linked to Eskom water transport corruption are auctioned to recover money Eskom lost
The Special Investigating Unit (SIU), through the National Prosecuting Authority’s Asset Forfeiture Unit (AFU), has obtained a forfeiture order for luxury property in Silver Lakes Estates (Pretoria), a Mercedes Benz Viano and Chevrolet Utility that belongs to former Eskom’s Middle Manager Duduzile Moyo and her husband, Mmoloki Moyo. These movable and immobile properties will now […]
SIU authorised to investigate the KZN Department of Sports, Arts and Culture for allegations of corruption and maladministration in the construction of 9 libraries and supply of books
President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed Proclamation 160 of 2024, authorising the Special Investigatin Unit (SIU) to investigate allegations of serious maladministration and corruption in the affairs of the KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Department of Sports, Arts and Culture and to recover any financial losses suffered by the State or the department. Proclamation 160 of 2024 authorises the […]
SIU authorised to investigate allegations of serious maladministration in the KwaZulu Natal Film Commission
President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed Proclamation R.4539 of 22 March 2024 authorising the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) to investigate allegations of serious maladministration in the affairs of the KwaZulu-Natal Film Commission (KZNFC) and to recover any financial losses suffered by the State or KZNFC. Proclamation R.4539 of 22 March 2024 authorises the SIU to probe […]
Casambo Exclusive Guest Lodge linked to Eskom water transport corruption is auctioned to recover money Eskom lost
Casambo Exclusive Guest Lodge in Mpumalanga will be auctioned in an online timed auction from Tuesday 26 March 2024 from 10h00 to Thursday 28 March 2024 at 12h00. The sale of the property comes after the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) and the Asset Forfeiture Unit (AFU) of the National Prosecuting Authority received an unopposed forfeiture […]
SAP ordered to pay back R500 million earned from invalid Eskom contracts
Systems Applications Products (SAP) has been ordered by the Special Tribunal to pay the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) R500 million within seven days. The order stems from a settlement agreement reached by SIU and SAP on the validity of two contracts awarded by Eskom, which was upheld by the Special Tribunal. Between 2013 and 2016, […]
Optimum Coal Mine pays back over R6.9 million in unpaid motor licensing fees and penalties
Optimum Coal Mine has settled its outstanding motor licensing fees and penalties for the period between January 2018 and November 2022 with a payment of over R6.9 million. The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) recovered the funds as part of an investigation into the affairs of the Department of Transport. The payment is a result of […]
University of Pretoria settles R400 million due to NSFAS in unallocated funds
The University of Pretoria (UP) has fully paid R 400 million that is due to the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) in unallocated funds. The money was paid in four instalments of R100 million into the Special Investigating Unit’s (SIU) Trust account, bringing the total number of recoveries to R 937 926 351 received […]
SCOPA and SIU sign memorandum of understanding
Parliament, Wednesday, 6 March 2024 – The Standing Committee on Public Accounts (SCOPA) and the Special Investigating Unit (SIU), today signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) at Parliament.The primary purpose of the MoU is to strengthen the relationship between SCOPA and the SIU in relation to investigating and reporting on matters pertaining to irregular, fruitless, […]
Pretoria doctor fails to block SIU investigation relating to R20 million circumcision funding from NLC
The High Court of South Africa: Gauteng Division, Pretoria, has dismissed, with costs, an application brought by Dr John Marite to appeal an earlier judgment, which dismissed his bid to interdict an investigation by the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) in the affairs of the National Lotteries Commission (NLC) involving approximately R20.2 million grant funding. In […]