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May
31
2021
By The African Mirror
PROBED: R109-billion graft in govt, S.O.E’s

PROBED: R109-billion graft in govt, S.O.E’s

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AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER THE Special Investigations Unit (SIU) in South Africa is investigating fraud and corruption cases in government departments, state-owned enterprises and agencies involving more than R108-billion. At a webinar organised by the South African Editors Forum, Advocate Andy Mothibi, head of SIU has disclosed that investigations involving R101-billion were continuing into: Eskom.The Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa.The South African Broadcasting Corporation.The Unemployment Insurance Fund.Denel.National Health Laboratory Service.Health Professionals Council of SA.SA Heritage Resource Agency.South African Airways.National Lotteries Commission.Transnet.Council of Medical Schemes. The Independent Development Trust. Mothibi said the SIU was busy with probes into contracts worth R8.6-billion in…
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Oct
29
2020
By The African Mirror
How S.A government workers helped themselves to COVID-19 millions

How S.A government workers helped themselves to COVID-19 millions

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AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER OVER 6000 South African government workers illegally got paid R41-million from a special relief fund set up to assist private-sector employees whose salaries were reduced because of the onset of COVID-19. The payments, made through the Temporary Employment Relief Scheme (TERS), to the civil servants are now the subject of a probe by the Special Investigation Unit (SIU). Advocate Andy Mothibi, head of the SIU, revealed the irregular payments when he briefed Parliament’s Standing Committee on Public Finances on investigations into the payments made out of the TERS, which is managed by the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF). …
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Oct
22
2020
By The African Mirror
Change the law to prevent politicians and families from benefiting from state tenders

Change the law to prevent politicians and families from benefiting from state tenders

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AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER SOUTH Africa’s Special Investigations Unit (SIU) has recommended that the law must be changed to make it illegal for politicians and their immediate families to benefit from state tenders. The SIU has also suggested that, once the legislative changes have been made, intentional non-compliance should be a criminal offence. The SIU is at the heart of a co-ordinated crackdown by the South African government against fraud and corruption in the billions spent on measures to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.  It works with the Hawks, an elite investigations unit, the National Prosecuting Authority and the Auditor General’s office.…
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Aug
20
2020
By The African Mirror
South Africa investigates COVID-linked corruption of $290 mln

South Africa investigates COVID-linked corruption of $290 mln

NEWS
SOUTH African authorities are investigating government departments for graft over irregularities in coronavirus-related tenders worth R5 billion ($290 million), the head of its Special Investigating Unit (SIU) told has told lawmakers. The figure is likely to add to pressure on President Cyril Ramaphosa and the ruling African National Congress, who have struggled to deflect criticism from alliance partners and opposition parties as allegations of corruption implicated senior ANC politicians. Ramaphosa, who replaced his scandal-prone predecessor Jacob Zuma in 2017 with promises to eradicate corruption, has battled to root out criminality linked to the fight against COVID-19 in South Africa, which…
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