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R10 million Eastern Cape scooter tender set aside as SIU accused of defamation
The director of Fabkomp (Pty) Ltd, the company awarded the R10m Eastern Cape scooter ambulance contract, has threatened to sue…
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Digital Vibes paid for maintenance work at Health Minister Mkhize family trust property
Despite Health Minister Zweli Mkhize’s denial that he benefitted from a R150 million health department contract awarded to Digital Vibes,…
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Zweli Mkhize says he understands outrage over Digital Vibes scandal
Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said that he was shocked, saddened and understood the public’s outrage after a forensic investigation found…
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Plans in place to recover money from Digital Vibes, says Mkhize
Health Minister Zweli Mkhize said that plans were already under way to recover money lost due to fruitless and wasteful…
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Geoff Makhubo threatens to come down on JPC like a ton of bricks
City of Johannesburg mayor, Geoff Makhubo, has warned the board of the city’s property company against compromising the city’s fight…
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SIU investigating nearly half of government’s entire PPE spend
The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) is probing alleged corrupt personal protective equipment (PPE) contracts worth R14.2 billion – close to…
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De Lille: Finalising of investigation into Beit Bridge fence a painfully slow process
Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Patricia de Lille has conceded that finalizing investigations into the Beit Bridge border fence had…
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Bandile Masuku opts against appealing High Court ruling in SIU matter
Former Gauteng Health MEC Dr Bandile Masuku will not be appealing a decision of the High Court which ruled against…
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DA calls on President Ramaphosa to approve SIU probe into powerships deal
The DA on Sunday said its leader John Steenhuisen will write to President Cyril Ramaphosa requesting him to authorise the…
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Mayor Makhubo confirms receipt by City of SIU report on financial misconduct
Joburg Mayor Geoffrey Makhubo has confirmed that the City has received a report from the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) on…
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SIU probes R27 million Ekurhuleni waste collection contract
President Cyril Ramaphosa has given the nod for the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) go ahead with investigations into the procurement…
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UDM’s Bantu Holomisa questions R40 million worth of PPE burnt in hospital fire
UDM leader Bantu Holomisa has questioned claims by the Gauteng department of health that an estimated R40 million worth of…
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Supplier to return profits from R4.8 million KZN blanket contract
The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has requested that a contract worth close to R5 million from the KwaZulu-Natal Department of…
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Bandile Masuku says court ruling shows he was not involved in PPE corruption
Fired Gauteng health MEC Bandile Masuku on Monday said he was carefully studying the Pretoria high court’s judgment, which dismissed…
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SIU to probe Covid-19 payments at eThekwini Municipality
President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed three proclamations authorizing the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) to investigate allegations of corruption in the…
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Dr Mkhize refuses to step aside amid SIU probe into tender irregularities
Health Minister Zweli Mkhize has made it clear that he will not step aside while an R82 million contract issued…
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President Ramaphosa authorises SIU probe into troubled Limpopo municipality
President Cyril Ramaphosa has authorized a Special Investigating Unit (SIU) probe into allegations of corruption and maladministration at the Mogalakwena…
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Eskom accused of snubbing contractor at centre of the storm
With Eskom CEO Andre de Ruyter being called to account for the allegations of purging black suppliers and undermining the…
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Health Dept suspends dodgy contracts allegedly linked to Zweli Mkhize’s close associates – report
The Department of Health has reportedly suspended the services of a company allegedly linked to two close associates of Health…
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EFF seeks clarity on Dr Mkhize’s Covid-19 corruption claims linked to family friends
The EFF says it will be writing to Minister of Health Zweli Mkhize seeking accountability and clarity on Covid-19 corruption…
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Tributes pour in for President Ramaphosa’s spokesperson Khusela Diko
The husband of suspended president Cyril Ramaphosa’s spokesperson Khusela Diko has died, according to a report by news channel Newzroom…
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Minister Mbalula: We must get to the bottom of state capture
Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula has said the state capture Inquiry must not be hampered by any political party. He made…
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#Sona2021: New anti-corruption body coming, reporting to Parliament
There has been significant pressure on President Cyril Ramaphosa to address escalating corruption at the governmental level in wake of…
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Scopa hears SIU will spend R120 million to recover looted funds
The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) is expected to spend around R120 million on recovering funds looted from the state. Briefing…
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Ramaphosa: The net is closing in on corrupt officials
President Cyril Ramaphosa says the net is closing in on those who were involved in corrupt activities during the pandemic.…
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SIU says officials implicated in PPE corruption will be punished
The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) assured South Africans that state officials implicated in illegal procurement processes will be punished and…
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SIU to give update on investigation into PPE scandal
The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) is expected to give an update on its probe into the personal protective equipment (PPE)…
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Limpopo businessmen accused of trying to bribe SIU officer with R300K
Two Limpopo businessmen, Jack Maake and Matome Prince Mathole, have appeared in the Mankweng Magistrate’s Court charged with corruption, the…
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DA requests Hawks to investigate Makhura’s corruption allegations
The Democratic Alliance (DA) on Thursday submitted an official letter to the Hawks requesting an urgent investigation against Gauteng Premier…
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Ex-MEC Masuku back in court to challenge axing as Gauteng Health MEC
Former Gauteng Health MEC Bandile Masuku is going back to court on Thursday morning to challenge the Special Investigating Unit…
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Khusela Diko could be fired for failing to declare financial interests to employer
Presidential spokesperson Khusela Diko could be fired from her post depending on the severity of the implications of her failure…
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Disciplinary process initiated against Khusela Diko
The Presidency has decided to initiate an internal disciplinary process against President Cyril Ramaphosa’s spokesperson, Khusela Diko. Diko took special…
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President Ramaphosa gives SIU the go ahead to probe Saldanha Bay Municipality
President Cyril Ramaphosa has authorized the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) to investigate the affairs of the Saldanha Bay Local Municipality.…
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SIU granted order to freeze pension of former Lepelle Water CEO Phineas Legodi
The Special Tribunal has granted the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) an order to freeze the pension benefits of former Lepelle…
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Special Investigating Unit gets another clean audit
The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) says it has prevented the state from losing R400 million following its investigations in the…
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Tzaneen businesswoman and housing official arrested on fraud charges
The owner of a company who built a “Covid-19 shack settlement” in Talana outside Tzaneen, Limpopo, and a senior member…
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Former JB Marks official’s pension benefits frozen after alleged PPE corruption
The Special Tribunal has ruled in favour of the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) after the investigating unit petitioned to have…
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ABB to pay back R1.5 billion to Eskom for overpayment on unlawful contract
Special Investigating Unit (SIU) head Andy Mothibi has revealed that ABB South Africa, formerly ASEA Brown Boveri, has reached an…
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SIU raids the National Lotteries Commission offices in Pretoria
The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) is raiding the National Lotteries Commission (NLC) offices in Pretoria following allegations of corruption. The…
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Court sets aside multimillion rand public works lease with KZN company
The High Court in Durban has set aside a lease agreement between the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI)…
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Zweli Mkhize: Patients assaulting staff at healthcare facilities
Health Minister Zweli Mkhize has lamented instances of murder, attempted rape, and patients assaulting staff at healthcare facilities. In a…
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Ramaphosa announces 4 new courts to deal with Covid-19 corruption
Four new Special Commercial Crimes Courts will be established to deal with cases of Covid-19-related corruption, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced…
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SIU responds to Bandile Masuku rubbishing its findings against him
The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has issued a curt response to former Gauteng health MEC Bandile Masuku rubbishing its findings…
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David Mabuza – SIU investigating R5bn worth of PPE procurement contracts
The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) is investigating R5 billion worth of contracts allegedly improperly awarded to various companies in the…
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Beitbridge border fence contractors agree to pay any amount ordered against them
Contractors responsible for the porous fence at the Beitbridge border have seemingly succumbed to the pressure of the Special Investigating…
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SIU welcomes Bandile Masuku’s challenge on its findings and denies political influence
The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) on Sunday said axed Gauteng Health MEC Dr Bandile Masuku had every right to challenge…
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Bandile Masuku VS David Makhura PPE battle heading to court
Gauteng Premier David Makhura on Friday announced the firing of embattled MEC for Health Bandile Masuku. But Masuku has said…
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Gauteng PPE Covid-19 corruption case set to be heard in November
The civil case against 40 companies – which are accused of corruption involving personal protective equipment meant to deal with…
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SIU aim to freeze bank accounts of companies in Beitbridge border fence saga
Companies involved in the “construction” of the Beitbridge bridge border fence could soon be left with very little money to…
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Minister De Lille expected to be questioned again over Beitbridge border saga in Parl
Amid a slew of allegations and mounting calls for her to resign, Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Patricia de Lille…
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