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Businessman Hamilton Ndlovu who scored R172 million PPE tenders sentenced for failing to surrender assets
The Special Tribunal also gave the controversial businessman a suspended R500,000 fine for the contempt ordered that was issued in June 2022.
Companies implicated in SIU’s Covid-19 probe not blacklisted
The Presidency is monitoring the outcomes of 297 recommendations for disciplinary actions related to the PPE procurement while 190 of the cases were finalised with 98 guilty findings and 18 officials dismissed.
Why one woman is championing local manufacturing in SA
Discover how Twiggy Nyaumwe is leading ProHealth Manufacturing to empower women and promote local sourcing in South Africa’s manufacturing industry.
R80,000 fine for Northern Cape businessman who failed to submit his tax returns
The businessman was ordered to pay the fine in monthly instalments.
Free State municipality in PPE saga
The report revealed misconduct in the supply and delivery of municipal Personal Protective Equipment tender.
Former Limpopo Health Department head still in limbo over R182 million PPE scandal
The matter involved the supply of PPE to the department at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic that gripped the country during 2020.
Looting of Covid-19 funds: R52 million in assets including houses and vehicles seized by State agents
The operation by the Asset Forfeiture Unit, SIU, and the Hawks included serving orders at 34 locations and capturing inventories of 29 properties, 31 vehicles, and a boat trailer.
Deputy minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Bernice Swarts aims to empower youth
Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment deputy minister Bernice Swarts aims to empower youth in her ministry.
Health Department multimillion PPE contract found to be invalid as processes not followed
The Tribunal ordered that LNG be divested of all profits enjoyed under the invalid contract.
KZN officials implicated in PPE irregularities back to their positions
They were initially suspended, following recommendations made by a forensic investigation related to the procurement of PPE, including blankets.
JN. 1 variant is now the most commonly reported variant globally - WHO
According to the World Health Organization, data from various sources indicate increasing transmission during December, fuelled by gatherings over the holiday period, and by the JN. 1 variant, which is now the most commonly reported variant globally.
SIU halt pension benefits of two former Transnet executives worth R8. 9 million over fraud
Transnet’s top executives Lerato Makenete and Landela Madubane were found guilty of allegedly colluding with suppliers during the Covid-19 pandemic to defraud Transnet by Inflating the price of the straws from R0. 29 per straw to R29. 99 per straw, resulting in a total payment of R33. 834, 698. 40.
Company loses bid to stop auction of Bryanston home linked to irregular PPE deal
The High Court order dated September 1, 2023, comes after the SIU and the National Health Laboratory Services (NHLS) accepted an offer of R7. 1 million for the Bryanston home as part of the implementation of investigation outcomes and consequence management to recover losses suffered by the State and NHLS.
Northern Cape Premier Zamani Saul runs an ‘animal farm’ government – Cope’s Pakes Dikgetsi
Dikgetsi claims that Saul failed to act against the HOD of Health Dion Theys and CFO Mosimanegape Gaborone.
Northern Cape Health MEC Maruping Lekwene deploys fraud and corruption accused to plum jobs
Dr Dion Theys, Northern Cape Health CFO Mosimanegape Gaborone and seven other accused were charged in the Kimberley Magistrate’s Court on several counts of fraud and corruption.
Northern Cape Premier Zamani Saul blasted for retaining a convicted HOD in his Health Department
The convicted HOD, Dr Dion Theys, is now facing new criminal charges of fraud and corruption in the Kimberley Magistrate’s Court.
Northern Cape health head granted R5,000 bail
The head of the Department of Health in the Northern Cape, Dr Dion Theys, charged in connection with fraud over a R16 million PPE contract, released on R5,000 bail.
Dion Theys, department head for Northern Cape health to spend weekend behind bars over PPE fraud
The State opposed the bail of Dr Dion Theys, 56, the head of department of the Northern Cape Department of Health. A decision will be made on Monday.
Who was whistle-blower Babita Deokaran?
While it is important to know updates on the court case, she was still a human being, someone’s mother, daughter, and friend, so the question is: who was Babita Deokaran?
Babita Deokaran’s killers implicate three more people, including alleged ‘middleman’ in whistle-blower’s murder
Six men convicted and sentenced for the murder of Gauteng health department financial accountant, Babita Deokaran, have given investigators the names of three other people linked to her murder.
Babita Deokaran: Ahmed Kathrada Foundation starts petition to have 224 companies blacklisted and officials suspended
Babita Deokaran was the Chief Director of Financial Accounting in the Gauteng Department of Health, and she was killed in August 2021. That was after she blew the whistle on corruption related to the procurement of medical supplies for Tembisa Hospital.
Hitmen sentenced for murder of Department of Health whistle-blower Babita Deokaran
The six men charged with the murder of Department of Health whistle-blower Babita Deokaran have been sentenced in court on Tuesday.
Mpumalanga businessman who tried to bribe SIU investigator in Covid-19 probe sent to jail for four years
The Mbombela Special Commercial Crimes Court has sentenced Mpendulo Sipho Mapalala to four years’ imprisonment for attempting to bribe a SIU investigator.
Competition Tribunal finds SAPS hand sanitiser supplier guilty, handed R3. 5 million administrative penalty
The Competition Tribunal also imposed an administrative penalty of R3 550 000, jointly and severally, on Gauteng-based BlueCollar and KwaZulu-Natal-based Ateltico for overcharging the SAPS to the amount of R9. 8 million for the bulk supply of 10 000 25 litre containers of hand sanitisers in 2020.
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