The 'Daily Maverick''s investigative unit Scorpio is reporting about R1 million was siphoned off to help Mkhize's son set up a new hair salon in Pietermartizburg and some of the money was also used to franchise a nail bar for his daughter-in-law which opened its doors in December.
The unit identified more than 20 people as the unlawful beneficiaries of the R150 million irregular contract issued by the Health Department.
The Hawks, the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) and the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) on Tuesday briefed Parliament's finance watchdog Scopa about investigations into SOEs and private sector corruption.
The firm, which has links to Health Minister Zweli Mkhize, is at the centre of a COVID-19 media campaign contract awarded by the National Health of Department.
He was addressing a media briefing on Tuesday afternoon following a visit to the Northern Cape to assess that province's vaccine rollout.
The SIU was commissioned to look into irregular payments made during the processing of the temporary employer-employee relief scheme funds (TERS).
The unit has on Wednesday briefed Parliament’s Standing Committee on Public Accounts on the investigations.
Kgotso Maja unpacks why he believes that a recent opinion by Stephen Grootes miseducates the public.
The tender was referred to the Special Tribunal after the SIU found it was awarded irregularly.
Following an investigation, the SIU has been granted a preservation order to the value of R40.7 million by the Special Tribunal to freeze the bank accounts and assets of 14 service providers.
It’s understood that hundreds of companies that appeared to have had no expertise or prior experience in the cleaning industry benefitted from the projects.
The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) is also looking into a multimillion-rand contract in which the company Digital Vibes was appointed in 2019 to provide communication services to government's National Health Insurance rollout.
But the head of the corruption busting unit Andy Mothibi said he can’t disclose the outcome of the probe just yet.
In breaking its silence over its investigation into Masuku, the SIU said it had no choice but to set the record straight to stop him misleading the public and misrepresenting the organisation.
The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) said it had launched civil proceedings against Coal Operations senior manager Petrus Mazibuko.
This comes after the Special Investigating Unit found that five senior employees of the Joburg Property Company, including its chief executive and chief financial officer, may be guilty of financial misconduct in the awarding of contracts to provide deep-cleaning and sanitisation services.
After the High Court ruled that former Gauteng Health MEC Bandile Masuku could not challenge the SIU report into his behaviour, he believes it erred.
