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| Oct 2, 2026 | Special Investigating Unit welcomes arrest of former Rural Development and Land Reform official | The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) welcomes the arrest of a 50 -year-old former Deputy Director of Finance at the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform, Ms Grace Mokoka, in connection with an alleged R1.35 million fraud involvin... |
| Sep 28, 2026 | President Cyril Ramaphosa expands SIU Investigation into KZN Department of Transport | President Ramaphosa amends proclamation to expand SIU Investigation into KZN Department of Transport
President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed Proclamation 351 of 2026, amending Proclamation 156 of 2024, which mandated the Special Investigating ... |
| Sep 28, 2026 | Special Investigating Unit secures R42.4 million in cash and assets linked to bribes paid to Tembisa Hospital officials | The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has secured approximately R42.4 million in cash, properties, pensions and investments linked to the R100 million in bribes allegedly paid by businessman Stefan Joel Govindraju to officials at Tembisa Hos... |
| Sep 22, 2026 | Special Investigating Unit on proclamation and an amendment for Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality and Gauteng | President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed a new proclamation and an amendment authorising the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) to investigate allegations of serious maladministration and corruption in the Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality a... |
| Sep 15, 2026 | Special Investigating Unit provides an update and release the final report on allegations of a fraudulent transfer of Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality, 16 Sep | SIU to provide an update on the investigation into the transfer of Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality’s vacant land to private hands
The Head of the Special Investigating Unit (SIU), Mr Leonard Lekgetho, will hold a media briefing on Wedn... |
| Aug 27, 2026 | SIU secures Special Tribunal judgment holding former Nkandla project architect | The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has secured judgment by the Special Tribunal ordering Mr Minenhle Makhanya, the former architect and principal agent responsible for the security
upgrades at former President Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma’s ... |
| Aug 21, 2026 | Special Investigating Unit investigates Theewaterskloof Local Municipality in the Overberg District, Western Cape | SIU authorised to investigate procurement of 14 backup electricity generators for boreholes and water pump stations at Theewaterkloof Local Municipality in the Western Cape
President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed Proclamation 339 of 2026, auth... |
| Aug 18, 2026 | Special Investigating Unit welcomes Special Tribunal order authorising sale of Ferrari SF90 Stradale linked to Tembisa Hospital looting | The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) welcomes the Special Tribunal's judgment authorising the sale of a Ferrari SF90 Stradale belonging to the MHR Maumela Family Trust. The proceeds of the sale will be deposited into an interest-bearing tru... |
| Aug 5, 2026 | SIU investigates nine Mangaung Metro Police tenders and a Gauteng voluntary medical male circumcision tender | President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed two Proclamations authorising the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) to investigate allegations of maladministration and unlawful conduct in the affairs of the Mangaung Metropolitan Municipality Police ope... |
| Jul 30, 2026 | SIU obtains judgment setting aside R9 million NLC grant for sports complex in Soweto that was never built | The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has secured a judgment delivered by the Special Tribunal, declaring unlawful and invalid the National Lotteries Commission’s (NLC) R9 million grant to the Motheo Sports and Entertainment Foundation for t... |
| Jul 6, 2026 | ‘Functioning but limping’: PSC lays bare the rot at Sita | More than R2-billion in irregular expenditure, a quarter of tenders that never resulted in an award and procurement matters stuck in adjudication for more than 400 days on average: that is the picture of the State IT Agency (Sita) painted b... |
| Jul 4, 2026 | Special Investigating Unit responds to SANEF media statement on NLC investigation | The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has noted a misrepresentation of facts in the South African National Editors’ Forum (SANEF) media statement on its former chairperson, Makhudu Sefara, to whom the SIU traced the National Lotteries Commis... |
| Jun 27, 2026 | Special Investigating Unit welcomes R25 Million repayment order against SASCOC and former NLC officials | The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has secured a judgment of the Special Tribunal ordering the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) and several associated parties to repay almost R25 million unlawfully diverte... |
| Jun 26, 2026 | Special Investigating Unit welcomes tribunal ruling on Wastewater Treatment contract awarded by Ngaka Modiri Molema District | SIU welcomes special tribunal ruling setting aside the Wastewater Treatment contract awarded by the Ngaka Modiri Molema District Municipality via phone call
The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) welcomes the judgment from the Special Tribuna... |
| Jun 2, 2026 | Telkom’s four-year SIU standoff awaits a final ruling | The yearslong legal fight over whether the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) may probe Telkom is finally close to resolution, after the supreme court of appeal heard the matter on 28 May and reserved judgment.
The hearing, disclosed in Telko... |
| May 29, 2026 | Special Investigating Unit obtains preservation order for Tembisa Hospital Corruption assets | The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has obtained a preservation order and an interim interdict over an immovable property valued at R6.4 million and R1.8 million in pension benefits belonging to Duduzile Nkosazana Nobungwana, a former supp... |
| May 16, 2026 | SIU secures preservation orders of two homes linked in R13 million NLC funds | The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has obtained a preservation order from the Special Tribunal against two properties linked to funds allocated by the National Lotteries Commission (NLC) to Malusi We Sizwe Non-Profit Company (NPC). The pr... |
| May 13, 2026 | Special Investigating Unit welcomes order freezing KZN woman’s assets linked to R18 million UIF TERS fraud | The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) welcomes the Special Tribunal’s order to freeze a KwaZulu-Natal businesswoman’s assets linked to the abuse of the Unemployment Insurance Fund Temporary Employee Relief Scheme (UIF TERS) during the COVID-... |
| Apr 24, 2026 | Special Investigating Unit welcomes tribunal ruling to set aside Mozambique border wall tender | The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) welcomes the Special Tribunal’s ruling that has set aside the R85 million tender awarded to the ISF Shula Joint Venture for the construction of a concrete barrier wall along the KwaZulu-Natal-Mozambique ... |
| Apr 15, 2026 | Special Investigating Unit secures preservation orders to recover R19 million UIF TERS fraud | The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has obtained preservation orders from the Special Tribunal over assets worth millions, following its investigation into fraudulent claims amounting to R19,183,197.34 that Nako Mang Trading Enterprise CC ... |
| Mar 8, 2026 | Special Investigating Unit on Water Sector Anti-Corruption Forum launch | The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) and the Department of Water and Sanitation have launched the Water Sector Anti-Corruption Forum (WSACF) as an arm in the fight against corruption in the water sector.
The establishment of the forum follo... |
| Feb 26, 2026 | Specialist Investigating Unit welcomes Special Tribunal judgement affirming preservations of former NLC COO, Phillemon Letwaba’s million pension benefits | The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) welcomes the judgment delivered by the Special Tribunal, which affirms the Tribunal’s authority to preserve pension funds under the Pension Funds Act. The ruling follows after the former Chief Operating ... |
| Feb 14, 2026 | Special Investigating Unit on investigation of fuel tender at Mkhondo Local Municipality | The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has been authorised by President Cyril Ramaphosa, under Proclamation 309 of 2026, to investigate allegations of maladministration, unlawful conduct, and irregular expenditure at the Mkhondo Local Municip... |
| Oct 27, 2025 | South Africa hosts 3rd Anti-Corruption Working Group (ACWG) Technical Meeting and Ministerial Meeting alongside Tech for Truth event, 27 to 29 Oct | Members of the media are invited to the G20 3rd Anti-Corruption Working Group (ACWG) Technical Meeting and the Ministerial Meeting, which will take place from 27 to 29 October 2025 at Skukuza Kruger National Park, Mpumalanga, South Africa.
... |
| Oct 16, 2025 | Special Investigating Unit secures recovery order in unlawful Mpumalanga PPE contract | The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has secured a court order for the recovery of R2,427,333.30, following a Special Tribunal judgment that declared a multimillion-Rand Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) contract unlawful.
The Special Tri... |
| Oct 13, 2025 | President Cyril Ramaphosa signs an amendment to the National Lotteries Commission proclamation | SIU’S NLC investigation extended to include procurement contracts and extends for a five-year investigation period
President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed an amendment to the National Lotteries Commission (NLC) proclamation, which significantl... |
| Oct 2, 2025 | Special Investigating Unit on High court order for former SABC board members | The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) welcomes a default judgment handed down by the High Court of South Africa, Gauteng Division, Johannesburg, which orders three former SABC board members to pay back R11 508 549.12 tied to their unlawful d... |
| Sep 26, 2025 | Special Investigating Unit releases interim report on Tembisa Hospital investigation, 29 Sept | The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) will hold a media briefing to update the public and release its interim report into the investigation at Tembisa Hospital.
Head of the SIU, Advocate Andy Mothibi, will lead the briefing. He will be joine... |
| Sep 10, 2025 | Special Investigating Unit on R68.9 million sum earned fraudulently from Mogalakwena Municipality in Limpopo | The Special Tribunal has ordered Easyway, Tarmac, Pave, and Projects CC to pay the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) a sum of R68,866,908.88 plus interest, declaring its R167.9 million contract with the Mogalakwena Local Municipality unconst... |
| Sep 5, 2025 | Special Investigating Unit on R8.2 million Gauteng Enterprise Propeller tender and agreement | The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) welcomes a judgment by the Special Tribunal, which has reviewed and set aside an R8.2 million tender award for the Township Entrepreneurship Awards and a subsequent agreement by the Gauteng Enterprise Pr... |
| Jul 10, 2025 | Special Investigating Unit obtains R67 million recovery order against Public Works plumbing contractor | The Special Tribunal has reviewed and set aside contracts amounting to R67 million, which were awarded by the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure to Kroucamp Plumbers (Pty) Ltd from 2015 to 2019 for services related to vacuum pump... |
| Jun 1, 2025 | From Declaration to Action: Advancing Global Graft Fight under IAACA Steer | HONG KONG, June 1, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- In May last year, the International Association of Anti-Corruption Authorities (IAACA), a 180-member-strong international anti-corruption organization currently headed by Danny Woo Ying-ming, Commissi... |
| May 20, 2025 | Ramaphosa orders corruption probe at Sita | The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) is poised to launch an investigation into the State IT Agency after President Cyril Ramaphosa signed a proclamation authorising the corruption-fighting unit to probe the entity.
The SIU will investigate ... |
| May 12, 2025 | Special Investigating Unit on irregular Free State Health EMS tenders and orders | The Special Tribunal has ruled against Buthelezi EMS and its affiliated companies, declaring the Free State Department of Health’s award of multi-million-rand tenders for inter-facility emergency medical services unlawful, unprocedural and ... |
| May 9, 2025 | Special Investigating Unit leads regional fight against corruption | South Africa, represented by the Special Investigating Unit, hosted a successful conference and Annual General Meeting of the Association of Anti-Corruption Agencies in Commonwealth Africa (AAACOA) From 5th to 09th May 2025 in Cape Town.
Th... |
| Apr 22, 2025 | SIU and Legal Practitioners Fidelity Fund sign MOU to enhance collaboration against fraud and maladministration | The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) and the Legal Practitioners Fidelity Fund (LPFF) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Thursday morning aimed at bolstering cooperation in investigating fraud, corruption, and maladministration i... |
| Feb 21, 2025 | SIU on Anglo Gold Ashanti Hospital lease and refurbishment contracts declared invalid and unlawful | The Special Tribunal has declared the lease and refurbishment contracts worth over R600 million awarded by two Gauteng government departments concerning the AngloGold Ashanti Hospital during COVID-19 unlawful, unconstitutional, and invalid.... |
| Feb 21, 2025 | Special Investigating Unit on investigation report on electrification of Limpopo villages | The Constitutional Court has refused to grant an application for direct access brought by Mphaphuli Consulting (PTY) LTD, an engineering company owned by Lufuno Mphaphuli, in a matter relating to the review of the Special Investigating Unit... |
| Feb 18, 2025 | Special Investigating Unit authorised to investigate alleged maladministration in Ethekwini Metropolitan Municipality: Water And Sanitation Services. | President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed Proclamation 248 of 2025, authorising the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) to investigate allegations of maladministration into eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality: Water and Sanitation Services. Proclam... |
| Feb 6, 2025 | Special Investigating Unit welcomes dismissal of Gauteng Departments of Health and Infrastructure Development officials | The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) welcomes the Gauteng Government's outcomes from the disciplinary inquiry initiated against nine officials from the Gauteng Department of Health and the Department of Infrastructure Development. These off... |
| Feb 3, 2025 | Special Investigating Unit investigates alleged maladministration and corruption | President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed four new proclamations-Proclamations 243, 244, 245 and 246 of 2025- authorising the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) to investigate allegations of maladministration and corruption at Ithala Development F... |
| Jan 31, 2025 | Special Investigating Unit receives order to interdict pension benefits of former DDG of department of Water and Sanitation | On 13 January 2025, the Special Tribunal granted the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) authority to interdict the pension benefits of Zandile Yvone Mathe, the former Deputy Director-General (DDG) of the Department of Water Affairs (now known... |
| Nov 27, 2024 | Parliament on SCOPA and SIU memorandum of understanding | The Standing Committee on Public Accounts (SCOPA) and the Special Investigating Unit (SIU), today renewed their memorandum of understanding (MoU) at Parliament.
The primary purpose of the MoU is to strengthen the relationship between SCOPA ... |
| Nov 8, 2024 | SIU on search of premises of JB Marks Local Municipality | On Wednesday, 06 November 2024, the Potchefstroom Magistrate Court granted the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) a warrant to search the premises of JB Marks Local Municipality, formerly Tlokwe Local Municipality in the North West Province, ... |
| Nov 1, 2024 | Special Investigating Unit searches premises of Makana Local Municipality | SIU searches Makana local Municipality offices, seizes the phones of officials, laptops, hard drives and specific tender-related documents
On Thursday, 31 October 2024, the Grahamstown Magistrate Court granted the Special Investigating Unit... |
| Oct 22, 2024 | Special Investigation Unit welcomes arrest of former Transnet Group Capital CEO on fraud and money laundering chargers | SIU welcomes the arrest of former Transnet Group Capital CEO on fraud and money laundering chargers
The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) welcomes the arrest and court appearance of former Transnet Group Capital (TGC) Chief Executive Officer... |
| Oct 18, 2024 | Special Investigating Unit searches Dawid Kruiper Local Municipality premises | On 17 October 2024, the Upington Magistrate Court granted the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) a warrant to search and seize evidence at the Dawid Kruiper Local Municipality premises in Upington, Northern Cape.
At 8h30 on Friday, 18 October... |
| Oct 17, 2024 | Special Investigating Unit welcomes arrests and prosecution of service providers and government officials in R27 million contract | The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) welcomes the arrests of key individuals implicated in unlawful procurement and financial mismanagement related to the R33 million contracts awarded to Enviro Mobi by the Gauteng Department of Agriculture... |
| Oct 16, 2024 | Special Investigating Unit signs Memorandum of Understanding with Gauteng Legislature Integrity Commission | The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) and the Gauteng Provincial Legislature (GPL) Integrity Commission signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Wednesday, 16 October 2024, to strengthen governance, ethics, and integrity through collabo... |
| Oct 4, 2024 | Special Investigating Unit investigates awarding of degrees at Fort Hare University, vehicle and driver licensing, and three provincial health departments and two municipalities | SIU authorised to investigate the awarding of degrees at Fort Hare University, vehicle and driver licensing, and three provincial health departments and two municipalities
President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed six new and two amended proclam... |
| Sep 20, 2024 | The Fall of Giants: Motsoeneng and StarSat's Downfall in South Africa's Broadcasting Landscape | In the world of broadcasting, fortunes can shift like sand. Two stories recently emerged from South Africa, highlighting the fragility of power and the consequences of mismanagement. Hlaudi Motsoeneng, once a titan at the South African Broa... |
| Sep 20, 2024 | Special Investigating Unit investigates allegations of maladministration in Dawid Kruiper Local Municipality contracts | President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed Proclamation 185 of 2024, authorising the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) to investigate allegations of serious maladministration in the affairs of the Dawid Kruiper Local Municipality in the Northern C... |
| Sep 19, 2024 | SIU on Constitutional Court dismissing appeal by Hlaudi Motsoeneng | The Constitutional Court has denied Hlaudi Motsoeneng, the former SABC chief operating officer, the opportunity to appeal a Supreme Court of Appeal decision regarding the success fee he received from the public broadcaster. He sought to app... |
| Sep 19, 2024 | Top court orders Hlaudi Motsoeneng to pay back SABC millions | Hlaudi Motsoeneng
Controversial former SABC chief operating officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng has run out of legal appeals and must now pay back an R11.5-million “success fee” he was paid by the public broadcaster.
The Special Investigating Unit (S... |
| Sep 13, 2024 | Special Investigating Unit investigates reinstatement of the former Transnet CEO and contracts in Umzumbe and Masilonyana Local Municipalities and Gauteng Human Settlement | SIU authorised to investigate serious maladministration, including the reinstatement of the former Transnet CEO and contracts in the Umzumbe Local Municipality, Masilonyana Local Municipality and Gauteng Department of Human Settlement
Presi... |
| Aug 30, 2024 | Special Investigating Unit investigates allegations of corruption and maladministration at Eskom | President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed has two proclamations- one new and one amendment- authorising the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) to investigate allegations of corruption and maladministration in the affairs of Eskom Holdings SOC Limi... |
| Aug 20, 2024 | Special Investigating Unit investigates allegations of serious maladministration at O.R. Tambo District Municipality | SIU is authorised to investigate allegations of serious maladministration at the O.R. Tambo District Municipality for the procurement of five contracts related to the construction of water supply structures
President Cyril Ramaphosa has sig... |
| Aug 12, 2024 | Special Investigating Unit on Gauteng Health Covid-19 PPE contract | Tribunal overturns Gauteng Health Covid-19 PPE contract worth over R257 million with Nkhane and orders recovery of profits
The Special Tribunal has reviewed and declared invalid a Covid-19 Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) contract awarde... |
| Aug 5, 2024 | MTN loses application in R10-million Limpopo cellphones probe | Image: MTN
MTN South Africa has lost a special tribunal “exception application” related to the alleged irregular supply of mobile devices for Covid-19 screening to the Limpopo department of health.
This comes after the Special Investigating... |
| Aug 5, 2024 | Special Investigating Unit on dismissal of Covid-19 related contract matter | The Special Tribunal has dismissed the exception application raised by Pro Secure (Pty) Ltd regarding the supply of personal protective equipment (PPE) to the Limpopo Department of Health in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The decision, ... |
| Aug 2, 2024 | SIU on dismissal of MTN’S application with costs in Covid-19 related contract matter | The Special Tribunal has dismissed Mobile Telephone Networking’s (MTN) exception application in connection with supplying the Limpopo Department of Health with mobile devices for COVID-19 screening.
The decision of the Special Tribunal, whi... |
| Jul 27, 2024 | Navigating the Currents of Change in South Africa | South Africa stands at a crossroads, where the currents of progress and challenges collide. From the bright lights of Koeberg Nuclear Power Station celebrating its 40th birthday to the dark shadows of corruption, the nation’s narrative is r... |
| Jul 26, 2024 | NSFAS August allowances to be disbursed amid legal disputes | NSFAS August allowances to be disbursed amid legal disputes. Image: iStock
On 25 July, the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) officially filed an appeal against the Western Cape High Court’s judgment regarding the EZAGA interdict... |
| Jul 24, 2024 | NPA seizes R52-million in assets from COVID-19 PPE corruption | While thousands of front-line staff risked their lives, senior managers and service providers profited from COVID-19 PPE corruption. Image: File/Fotor
A joint operation against COVID-19 PPE corruption has netted a R52-million seizure, repor... |
| Jul 18, 2024 | Special Investigating Unit collects over R112 million from unqualified NSFAS beneficiaries | The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has signed Acknowledgement of Debt (AoD) agreements with 421 students who did not qualify to be funded by the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS). The total value of these AoDs amounts to R112 ... |
| Jul 2, 2024 | Special Investigating Unit joins forces in preventing corruption through data analytics | SIU, GIZ, AND GIBS collaborate to improve anti-corruption efforts through data analytics
The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has entered into memorandums of understanding (MoU) with the Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) Anti-Corr... |
| May 14, 2024 | Special Investigating Unit welcomes arrests of four people linked to Ghost TERS fraud in Eastern Cape and Free State | The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) welcomes the arrests by the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (Hawks) and subsequent start of prosecution of four people linked to the Temporary Employer/Employee Relief Scheme (TERS) fraud by... |
| May 6, 2024 | Special Investigation Unit welcomes recovery of stolen government land meant for low-income housing and a school | SIU welcomes the recovery of stolen government land meant for low-income housing and a school
The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) welcomes a forfeiture order by the High Court of South Africa: Gauteng Division, Pretoria, to the SIU and Ass... |
| May 1, 2024 | Corruption drains Nsfas of over R21 million annually | Nsfas losing over R21 million a year to corruption. Photo: GCIS / Flickr.
Blade Nzimande, the Minister of Higher Education, has disclosed that the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (Nsfas) is losing more than R21 million annually to cor... |
| Apr 19, 2024 | SIU on authorisation to investigate War on Leaks programme and two other water projects | President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed Proclamation 164 of 2024, authorising the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) to investigate allegations of serious maladministration in the Department of Water and Sanitation and to recover any financial l... |
| Apr 17, 2024 | Coconut Kelz responds to ‘involvement’ in NLC corruption saga | Lesego Tlhabi, award-winning satirist and creator behind the Coconut Kelz character. Image: Instagram
Popular influencer and satirist Lesego Tlhabi, also known as Coconut Kelz, has found herself embroiled in controversy after her name recen... |
| Apr 12, 2024 | Special Investigating Unit investigates armed security contract at Moqhaka Local Municipality | President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed Proclamation 163 of 2024, authorising the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) to investigate allegations of serious maladministration in the affairs of the Moqhaka Local Municipality, Free State Province an... |
| Apr 12, 2024 | Outa calls on SIU to probe ex-NSFAS board chair Ernest Khosa | Former NSFAS board chairperson Ernest Khosa. Image: X/@myNSFAS.
The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) is urging the Special Investigating Unit to probe former NSFAS Board chairperson Ernest Khosa.
Earlier in 2023, Outa released its repo... |
| Apr 9, 2024 | Special Investigating Unit on Border Management and Immigration Anti-Corruption Forum meeting | The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) hosted the inaugural meeting of the Border Management and Immigration Anti-Corruption Forum (BMIACF) in Pretoria on Monday. This is the fourth Anti-corruption forum following the establishment of the Hea... |
| Apr 8, 2024 | SIU stops former NLC COO farm sale amid funds probe | SIU stopped farm sale linked to former NLC executive. Image: Facebook/SIU
The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has intervened to halt the sale of a farm in Limpopo, suspected to be connected to former National Lotteries Commission (NLC) off... |
| Apr 5, 2024 | Special Investigating Unit 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 h... |
| Apr 3, 2024 | Special Investigating Unit investigates allegations of maladministration in KwaZulu-Natal Sports, Arts and Culture | President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed Proclamation 160 of 2024, authorising the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) to investigate allegations of serious maladministration and corruption in the affairs of the KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Department of S... |
| Apr 3, 2024 | Special Investigating Unit investigates allegations of corruption and maladministration in Eskom officials | 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 Util... |
| Mar 25, 2024 | Special Investigating Unit on order by Special Tribunal to Systems Applications Products (SAP) | 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 stem... |
| Mar 19, 2024 | Special Investigating Unit on Optimum Coal Mine outstanding 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 ... |
| Mar 12, 2024 | Special Investigating Unit on University of Pretoria settling NSFAS debt | 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 000 into the Special Investigating Unit’s (SI... |
| Feb 20, 2024 | PRASA welcomes SIU ‘maladministration’ investigation | The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has been tasked to probe allegations of maladministration in the affairs of the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) and the Home Affairs Department. Image: SIU
The Passenger Rail Agency of Sout... |
| Jan 3, 2024 | Public warned of IMPOSTERS who defraud and scam | Public warned of IMPOSTERS who defraud and scam
Image via Pexels
The Ministry of Small Business Development is warning the public about imposters who have created several fake Facebook accounts which appear to belong to the Minister of Smal... |
| Aug 14, 2023 | SIU to appeal judgment in Telkom probe | The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has filed for leave to appeal a high court judgment in favour of Telkom that set aside a proclamation that required the unit to probe various dealing at Telkom going back more than 17 years.
Last month, ... |
| Jun 30, 2023 | Hamilton Ndlovu’s flashy fleet goes under the hammer | Hamilton Ndlovu’s vehicles that the State seized will be auctioned. The businessman is accused of profiting from unlawful tenders. Image: Supplied
Hamilton Ndlovu’s flashy fleet of vehicles will be auctioned next week. The businessman is ac... |
| Jun 19, 2023 | France to help South Africa fight cybercrime | Justice minister Ronald Lamola
South Africa and France have entered into a cooperation protocol agreement to improve the Special Investigating Unit’s cyber forensic capabilities.
The agreement is expected to also yield the establishment of ... |
| Apr 5, 2023 | South Africa: Today’s latest news and headlines, Wednesday, 5 April 2023 | South Africa: Today’s latest news and headlines, Wednesday, 5 April 2023 Photos: Madie Botha
We’ve got all the latest news stories and headlines in South Africa you need to know on Wednesday, 5 April.
Here is where snow was reported:
Southe... |
| Apr 4, 2023 | Invoice impossible: Lawyer in Office of the State Attorney nabbed for fraud | Advocate Hassan Ebrahim Kajee, an employee of the Office of the State Attorney, has been arrested on multiple charges of fraud for allegedly siphoning money from the State. Image: SIU.
An Advocate in the Office of the State Attorney, Hassan... |
| Mar 30, 2023 | Terry Pheto’s triple-storey house sold for R3.9 million after corruption investigation | Terry Pheto’s house has been sold for R3.9-million. Image: GroundUp.
The SIU sold the Bryanston home of actress Terry Phetho for R3.9 million. The award-winning actress allegedly built the triple-storey home with funds siphoned from the Nat... |
| Mar 3, 2023 | Terry Pheto’s triple-storey fails to sell; opposition party urges NPA to prosecute | Terry Pheto’s Bryanston home is up for auction. Images: Gallo Images/Asset Auctions.
The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) expected actress Terry Pheto’s home, allegedly built with funds siphoned from the National Lottery Commission (NLC), t... |
| Mar 2, 2023 | Tsotsi star Terry Pheto’s home built with siphoned lottery funds to be auctioned | Terry Pheto’s Bryanston home is up for auction. Images: Gallo Images/Asset Auctions.
The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) said the home of actress Terry Pheto would be auctioned on Thursday, 2 March. The Unit alleges the house was built wit... |
| Feb 21, 2023 | R100 000 reward for City of Cape Town murder info on Wendy Kloppers | Slain City of Cape Town Construction Inspector Wendy Kloppers. Photo: Women for Change/ Facebook.
R100 000 is up for grabs for any person that can help in solving the murder of a City of Cape Town inspector Wendy Kloppers who was gunned dow... |
| Nov 20, 2022 | South Africa: Today’s latest news and headlines, Sunday, 20 November 2022 | MEC Sello Lehari hands over donkey-drawn carts worth R780 000 to villagers. Photo: North West Department of Community Safety and Transport Management/ Facebook.
We’ve got the latest news stories and headlines in South Africa on Sunday, 20 N... |
| Nov 19, 2022 | SIU probes R780 000 donkey-drawn carts procurement | North West MEC for Community Safety and Transport Management Sello Lehari welcomes probe by SIU. Photo: Department of Community Safety and Transport Management/ SIU/ Facebook.
The Special Investigative Unit (SIU) is reported to be looking i... |
| Sep 21, 2022 | SIU granted order to freeze pension of ex National Lotteries official | Former NLC Chief Operating Officer Philemon Ledwaba. Photo: SIU/ Facebook.
The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) says it has obtained a preservation order from the Special Tribunal to freeze pension benefits of Philemon Letwaba, the former C... |
| Sep 10, 2022 | “I was NOT involved in Tembisa Hospital corruption” – GP Premier | Gauteng Premier David Makhura has refuted claims that he is involved in corruption at Tembisa Hospital. PHOTO: Flickr/The Events
Gauteng Premier David Makhura refutes claims of his involvement in the Tembisa Hospital corruption. Instead, su... |
| Jul 22, 2022 | Top Health Department officials face punishment for Digital Vibes scandal | Top health officials Anban Pillay and Popo Maja received a final written warning for their involvement in Digital Vibes scandal. PHOTO: Facebook/thebulrushes.com
Top officials at the Department of Health are facing punishment for their invo... |
| Jun 21, 2022 | Forensic accountants to fight fraud and corruption | Forensic accountants to fight fraud and corruption: Image: GCIS Vuk’uzenzele
The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has partnered with the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA) and the North-West University (NWU) to train a... |
| Ex-president Mbeki rebukes Ramaphosa, predicts SA’s ‘Arab Spring’ | Johannesburg, South Africa – Former South African President Thabo Mbeki has delivered a rare scathing critique to current President Cyril Ramaphosa at the memorial service of Jessie Duarte, an African National Congress (ANC) stalwart who di... |
