Special Investigations Unit
latest news & developments
Exclusive: Top-secret testimonies implicate Rwanda’s president in war crimes
Explosive witness testimony from the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda implicates Paul Kagame and the RPF in mass killings before, during and after the 1994 genocide.
Eskom refers employees suspected of contracts graft for criminal investigations
The struggling power utility has updated Parliament on investigations into contracts where more than R4-billion was lost in overpayments
SIU report a ploy to ’embarrass Gauteng ANC’ — Hlongwa
Hlongwa says a report by the SIU linking him to corruption amounting to R1.2-billion, was nothing new and a ploy "to embarrass the Gauteng ANC"
Cape Town investigation unit reinstated following shut down by De Lille
On Wednesday, the National Council of Provinces accepted a motion to see that the Special Investigation Unit gets back on its feet
Public protector: Money for water, mud-schools rerouted for Mandela funeral T-shirts
SIU must investigate Mandela funeral corruption
Zuma vows government will continue supporting embattled SAA
Former SAA board chairperson Dudu Myeni and six board members were sacked from the board last month.
Eight years on, the Nkandla scapegoats dwindle to one (and no, it’s not Zuma)
Come 2018, architect Minenhle Makhanya will stand alone on Nkandla, the last person who can be made to pay.
DA blocks ANC presentation on De Lille’s security upgrades
The DA has stopped an ANC councillor from sharing information with a portfolio committee on Mayor Patricia de Lille’s security upgrades to her house
Mothotlung: Much more wrong than one broken water pipe
In Mothotlung, where three people died this week during a stand-off with police at a service delivery protest, municipal failures are the norm.
Zuma’s leadership an empty shell
South Africans are crying out for real leadership because they are not getting it from President Jacob Zuma, writes Nickolaus Bauer.
Zuma unleashes SIU on fraud, corruption at Eskom
President Zuma has given the Special Investigating Unit the go ahead to investigate Eskom for evidence of corruption, fraud and maladministration.
Zuma appoints new SIU acting head
President Jacob Zuma has appointed deputy national director of public prosecutions, advocate Nomvula Mokhatla as the new acting head of the SIU.
ANC: Heath resignation ‘regrettable’
There was mixed reaction from parties over the resignation of newly-appointed SIU head Willem Heath, with the ANC saying it was "regrettable".
Heath rant ‘devoid of all truth’, says Mbeki
Thabo Mbeki has demanded evidence of allegations that newly appointed SIU head Willem Heath had initiated two criminal cases against Jacob Zuma.
Hofmeyr dropped as head of Special Investigating Unit
President Jacob Zuma has announced the appointment of Willem Heath as head of the Special Investigating Unit, dropping Willie Hofmeyr.