Unions organising in the private security sector have warned they will petition President Cyril Ramaphosa to authorise a Special Investigating Unit (SIU) probe into provincial departments awarding contracts to non-compliant companies. In the latest round of protests against rogue companies that deduct millions from workers but fail to pay their health and other benefits, trade unions representing thousands of security officers have accused the Limpopo provincial government of enabling large-scale exploitation in the private security industry. Members of the Democratic…

The release of the Special Investigating Unit’s (SIU) interim report into corruption at Tembisa Hospital has unleashed a political storm, with opposition parties accusing President Cyril Ramaphosa’s administration of shielding the politically connected while failing to deliver justice for slain whistleblower Babita Deokaran. The SIU report, presented on Monday by head Advocate Andy Mothibi alongside Health Minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, details the extent of the looting at the embattled hospital. Investigators uncovered three major syndicates that siphoned more than R2…

The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has laid bare a devastating picture of systemic corruption at Tembisa Hospital, exposing how billions meant for healthcare were siphoned off through fraudulent procurement schemes. On Monday, SIU head Advocate Andy Mothibi released the unit’s interim report, describing the looting as “an egregious betrayal of the nation’s trust.” The report reveals that three major syndicates, supported by hospital insiders and senior officials in the Gauteng Department of Health, orchestrated a plunder exceeding R2 billion. The…

President Cyril Ramaphosa has broadened the scope of the Special Investigating Unit’s (SIU) probe into the controversial Integrated Financial Management System (IFMS) contract, issuing Proclamation 281 of 2025. The amendment extends the unit’s investigation beyond the National Treasury to include the State Information Technology Agency (SITA) and the Department of Public Service and Administration (DPSA). The IFMS project, intended to modernise and integrate the government’s financial, human resources, and supply chain management systems, has been marred by allegations of irregular…

A new proclamation by President Cyril Ramaphosa has given the Special Investigation Unit (SIU) the green light to probe all nine provincial Departments of Human Settlements after reports of corruption. The investigation will also cover the Housing Development Agency, an entity of the national Department of Human Settlements that acquires and prepares land, as well as develops the land and project-manage the development of housing and human settlements. The agency carried out the activities in partnership with a range of…

The Special Tribunal has ruled that the pension of Sanele Dlamini, a former grants manager in the National Lotteries Commission (NLC), be frozen pending an investigation. The ruling comes after the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) applied to have his pension mothballed until an investigation into the entire commission and funded projects is concluded. The SIU believes that Dlamini acted in a fraudulent manner in approving a grant funding to Motheo Foundation to build a sports complex in February 2022. The…

The Limpopo farm that was bought using money that was fleeced from the National Lotteries Commission (NLC) has been preserved, meaning its owner cannot sell or change its ownership. The farm would later be auctioned to recover the money that was illegally sourced from the commission. The preservation of the farm comes after the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) secured an order from the Special Tribunal to freeze the immovable property of Portion 15 of the Farm Zandrivierspoort in the Limpopo…

The Special Tribunal has ruled in favour of the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) and set aside a 2015 tender that was awarded by the Free State Department of Health to HALO and Buthelezi HEMS CC (JV) to provide aero-medical services for emergency medical services to the provincial government. When the tender was advertised, it was said to be for a period of 12 months, and it had a value of R96 million. However, mid-air, the tender was unlawfully extended to…

The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has secured a preservation order from the Special Tribunal to freeze a property located in Midstream Estate in Gauteng, pending the finalisation of civil proceedings into the alleged misuse of funds allocated by the National Lotteries Commission (NLC). The order interdicts Israel Mathibe and his company, Smart Safety PPE and any other party from selling, disposing, leasing, encumbering (including by granting rights of retention), transferring, donating, or dealing in any manner whatsoever with the immovable…

The Limpopo government-owned bus company, Great North Transport (GNT), has placed its top executives, CEO Matata Mokoele, CFO Hlongwane and COO Reason Mkhatswa on precautionary suspension for three (3) months. According to the embattled public transport entity spokesperson Mthunzi Dlamini, the trio were suspended following serious concerns related to financial governance, operational delivery and executive accountability. “The Board of Directors of Great North Transport (SOC) Ltd (“GNT”) wishes to confirm that, at its Special Board Meeting held on 29 May…