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Affidavit: About R121.5 million is allegedly linked to payments associated with Emberton Limited. Photo: Supplied
AFSA ARBITRATION

Emberton placed under scrutiny

The NPA is close to making a decision on possible charges in a probe involving SA Steel Mills and allegations of questionable cross-border transactions linked to the company

  • Brian Sokutu
5 min read
Serial fraudster: Howard Mashaba claimed Deputy President Paul Mashatile and billionaire Patrice Motsepe would be at the opening of his new hotel, which is state property and thus falls under the portfolio of Public Works Minister Dean Macpherson.
DEAN MACPHERSON

Swindler Howard Mashaba hijacks a state building

The public works minister allegedly knew the convicted fraudster had demolished government property in Limpopo and built a hotel

  • Khaya Koko
7 min read
HEALTH AND ALLIED WORKERS UNION NEHAWU

Special Investigating Unit manager accused of harassment

The complainant says the senior manager made romantic advances and told her that her employment future was in his hands

  • Mandisa Ndlovu
6 min read
The Special Investigating Unit traced financial gains of more than R181 million linked to beneficiaries of fraudulent visa applications that were supported by fake documentation
RIC DEVELOPMENT

SIU recovers R53 million worth of stolen government land

The Special Investigating Unit is investigating a syndicate that used state land meant to build a school for personal use

  • Mandisa Ndlovu
2 min read
Edwin Sodi. (Mlungisi Louw/Gallo Images)
CYRIL RAMAPHOSA

SIU to probe Sodi-linked botched Rooiwal contract

State capture implicated businessman Edwin Sodi was awarded a contract to the value of R291 million for the Rooiwal upgrade, which didn’t take place

  • Eunice Masson
2 min read
Pholosong Hospital was billed R484 346 for a bird repellent device. (Gallo Images)
ASHLEY MTHUNZI

Gauteng health loses R48 million through collusive corruption

Ashley Mthunzi and his ‘corruption mafia’ are being investigated by the Hawks

  • Khaya Koko
7 min read
‘Absurd’: Former Gauteng premier David Makhura denies the provincial government was involved in a cover-up. Photo: Papi Morake/Gallo Images
ASHLEY MTHUNZI

David Makhura ‘protected’ hospital boss

R48 million was looted from Gauteng’s health system following the alleged shielding of Tembisa Hospital’s chief executive

  • Khaya Koko
6 min read
Senzo Mchunu.
AARON MOTSWANA

‘Fraudulent’ Senzo Mchunu appointment faces SIU investigation

North West legislature concerned about ‘unpalatable favours’ done in filling a senior R1.5-million-a-year position

  • Khaya Koko
5 min read
Especially egregious: In 2020, ordinary people donated food and sanitary products to fill a void left by the South African Social Security Agency’s bungling of aid distribution, for which it budgeted R45.5-million. This was beset by corruption and non-delivery, and for which it has yet to experience legal sanction. Photo: ER Lombard/Gallo Images
BENDALO HOLDINGS

NPA fails to deal with R7.8bn in Covid-19 corruption

Not ‘trial ready’: 386 Special Investigating Unit referrals lead to just one case in court so far

  • Khaya Koko
7 min read
Hundreds of South African members of the non-governmental organisation Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) protest outside the Life Esidimeni arbitration public hearing on January 22, 2018 in Johannesburg, South Africa. At least 143 mentally ill patients died after South African authorities moved them in 2016 from hospital to unlicensed health facilities that were compared to “concentration camps”, a government investigation revealed on January 17, 2018. Many of the deaths were due to pneumonia, dehydration and diarrhoea, as the patients were hurriedly shifted to 27 “poorly-prepared” facilities in an apparent cost-cutting measure that showed evidence of neglect. / AFP PHOTO / GIANLUIGI GUERCIA (Photo credit should read GIANLUIGI GUERCIA/AFP via Getty Images)
COVID 19

SIU still to settle civil cases totalling R6.3bn

The Special Investigating Unit has cases dating back to 2019, but rejected that this is a problem

  • Khaya Koko
  • M&G Data Desk
5 min read
CYRIL RAMAPHOSA

SIU wants Khusela Diko to answer fresh allegations

The SIU want the former presidential spokesperson to answer questions regarding Digital Vibes allegations against her

  • Khaya Koko
  • Athandiwe Saba
3 min read
CORRUPTION

SIU now rejects R1m Khusela Diko Digital Vibes payout story

SIU spokesperson Kaizer Kganyago told the M&G on Friday that the unit was not ‘in a position to comment’, but has subsequently denied being alerted to the alleged payment to Diko

  • Khaya Koko
2 min read
President Cyril Ramaphosa accompanied by his former spokesperson Khusela Diko. (Elmond Jiyane/GCIS)
ANC

SIU alerts presidency to Khusela Diko’s alleged R1mn Digital Vibes payout

The SIU has sent a letter to President Cyril Ramaphosa’s office informing it of alleged corruption by his former spokesperson

  • Khaya Koko
  • Lizeka Tandwa
4 min read
Pragmatic: Former health minister Zweli Mkhize (L) with President Cyril Ramaphosa.
ANBAN PILLAY

Mkhize throws the book at the Special Investigating Unit

It’s a long shot at political redemption for the former health minister and, more pressingly, a bid to avert criminal charges

  • Emsie Ferreira
5 min read
Former health minister Zweli Mkhize. (Photo by Gallo Images/Sharon Seretlo)
ANBAN PILLAY

Special Investigating Unit to oppose efforts to reject Mkhize report

Former health minister Zweli Mkhize seeks relief to declare the SIU’s conduct against him ‘unlawful and unconstitutional

  • Eunice Masson
2 min read