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SIU raids Klerksdorp municipal offices in PPE corruption probe Christelle du Toit
Investigators from the Special Investigative Unit (SIU) were raiding the offices of Matlosana Local Municipality in Klerksdorp, North West, on Friday morning. Picture: Twitter, @RSASIU. The SIU has sealed the Matlosana municipal building and employees were advised to go home.
Investigators from the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) raided the Matlosana municipality’s offices in Klerksdorp, North West, on Friday morning.
According to an update from the unit on social media, they were executing a search and seizure warrant as part of an investigation into Covid-19 personal protective equipment (PPE) procurement corruption.
Lottery whistleblower ‘pressured’ to pay IT company to build athletics track Raymond Joseph, GroundUp R10 million was paid but no work was done.
The director of a non-profit company which was paid R10 million by the National Lotteries Commission to build an athletics track in Kimberley says she was pressured into sub-contracting to an IT company – which failed to do the job.
The NLC gave a grant of R15 million via non-profit company Inqaba Yokulinda on March 7, 2018. Of this, R10 million was earmarked for the track at Kimberley’s Galeshewe Stadium. The grant was signed off by Phillemon Letwaba, who is currently on a paid “leave of absence”, on 26 February, 2018.
The director of a non-profit company which was paid R10-million by the National Lotteries Commission to build an athletics track in Kimberley says she was pressured into sub-contracting to an IT company which failed to do the job.
The NLC gave a grant of R15-million via non-profit company Inqaba Yokulinda on March 7, 2018. Of this, R10-million was earmarked for the track at Kimberley’s Galeshewe Stadium. The grant was signed off by Phillemon Letwaba, who is on a paid “leave of absence”, on 26 February 2018.
The remaining R5-million was for Inqaba to conduct a nationwide series of youth development initiatives, including camps for 400 youth in each of SA’s nine provinces. That part of the project was completed and all the funds accounted for.
The Hawks. Picture: Bloemfontein Courant.
Despite having had to grapple with rogue elements within their ranks, the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (DPCI), better know as the Hawks will end the year smelling of roses, with experts saying their willingness to act against high-profile suspects somewhat helped restore the public’s trust in the country’s justice system. This year saw the Hawks bare their talons in a series of high-profile fraud and corruption cases involving senior leaders of the governing ANC, including its secretary general Ace Magashule, and other top government officials, mayors and businesspeople. Magashule was released on R200 000 bail by the Bloemfontein Magistrate’s.