The SIU is investigating PPE corruption worth R14.2 billion.
While new cases are still coming in, it needs to start with 6% of the investigations.
The SIU s Special Tribunal is busy with 15 PPE matters in an attempt to recover R365 million.
The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) is probing alleged corrupt PPE contracts worth R14.2 billion - close to half of the money spent by government on PPE procurement.
SIU head Andy Mothibi told Parliament s Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services on Tuesday that they had made significant progress and impact in investigating PPE fraud.
While investigating, new matters were being reported. At the end of April, 6% of the investigations on PPE fraud still needed to be started.
Jan Gerber, News24
Budget cuts will affect the quality and speed of investigations of the Office of the Public Protector.
The Public Protector s budget has been slashed by R28.7 million.
Busisiwe Mkhwebane says they have to expand their resources to focus on mending the administrative gaps.
The Office of the Public Protector, one of the entities mandated with what Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane calls the mammoth task of rooting out corruption , is facing another budget cut.
The budget cut will impact the quality and speed at which the entity resolves investigations.
For the 2020/21 financial year, R16.1 million was cut from the office s budget - and, in the 2021/22 financial year, it was reduced by R28.7 million.
She said they are getting cooperation from a number of other countries in this regard.
Batohi said the ID is working very well with the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (DPCI), also known as the Hawks, and that the ID brings a whole new methodology. The really big cases, that people want to come to court, have not yet come to court, Batohi said.
However, she believes the hard work of the past two years has laid a solid foundation.
She said the change in the Zondo Commission s regulations, to allow law enforcement agencies to access evidence presented at the commission, has made a big impact.
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