President Cyril Ramaphosa’s defence of former health minister Zweli Mkhize has rubbed many the wrong way, with some questioning why Ramaphosa would “endorse” an allegedly corrupt official. The president of the ANC on Wednesday told journalists that Mkhize served SA well from the start of the pandemic to his resignation,[…]
The Special Investigating Unit’s (SIU) Special Tribunal has set aside Wednesday and Thursday to hear a review application into the R39. 1 million-rand personal protective equipment (PPE) contracts in the Free State government. In the application, the Treasury and Health MECs are cited as first and second respondents, respectively. It[…]
President Cyril Ramaphosa says he will only make a decision on the fate of Health Minister Doctor Zweli Mkhize’s fate after receiving a report from the Special Investigations Unit (SIU). Pressure is mounting on Ramaphosa to act against Mkhize following his latest admission that the awarding of the R150 million[…]
The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) says the case of companies and individuals whose bank accounts have been frozen will be heard on October 6. The SIU has confirmed that the companies include Royal Bhaca, the company belonging to Thandisizwe Diko, the husband of Presidential spokesperson Khusela Diko. On Friday, the[…]
South Africa’s specialized crime unit is investigating allegations of impropriety in the awarding of 658 government contracts worth more than R5 billion ($292 million) for equipment and services to tackle the coronavirus pandemic. The unit was acting on information that the procurement of personal protective equipment, hospital and quarantine sites,[…]
President Cyril Ramaphosa announced on Thursday evening that all public schools would close for a four-week period as the country continued to battle Covid-19 and that the state would establish a new unit to prosecute Covid-19-related corruption. In a televised address to the nation, the president said the “coronavirus storm”[…]
A female traffic official based at the New Ottery Testing Center is due to appear in court on Thursday on charges of corruption. The licensing official and a driving school instructor were arrested in a sting operation after taking a R3 500 bribe from a driver’s licence applicant, the City[…]
Disclosure of Nkandla security structures, sought by architect Minenhle Makhanya, could put President Jacob Zuma in danger, according to papers before the High Court in Pietermaritzburg on Wednesday. Such disclosure would reveal “highly sensitive measures which would put the lives of president Zuma and his family in jeopardy”, director general[…]
Democratic Alliance MP Glynnis Breytenbach on Tuesday said deputy national prosecutions boss Nomgcobo Jiba was tipped to become the new head of the Special Investigating Unit, but the presidency dismissed this as speculation. “According to sources close to the SIU, the National Prosecuting Authority’s (NPA) second-in-command, Nomgcobo Jiba, is rumoured[…]
The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) does not have to make its report on security upgrades to President Jacob Zuma’s home public, it said on Friday. “The SIU, and its head, are deeply conscious of the intense public interest in its report,” spokesman Boy Ndala said in a statement. “We also[…]
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