The group - including former and current police officials - applied for bail after they were arrested on charges relating to an alleged scheme to unlawfully benefit from the supply of latex gloves to the SAPS in April 2020.
The Presidency has given MPs an update about how the SIU’s recommendations have been implemented by various state institutions.
Following The Presidency's announcement that the SIU report on COVID-19 procurement contracts may be released, here is everything you need to know.
Babita Deokaran's death is believed to have been a targeted hit in connection with her role as a witness in a probe into an irregular PPE contract in the Gauteng Health Department.
The long-awaited report is expected to be handed over to President Cyril Ramaphosa on Friday.
Phakamani Hadebe, Zitha Radebe, Phinda Ndlovu, Sanele Mbhele, Siphiwe Mazibuko and Siphakanyiswa Dladla are charged with murder and attempted murder among other charges.
The six men charged with the murder say they were all wrongfully arrested and forced to sign a confession, claiming they were tortured by police.
The six men are accused of shooting Gauteng Health Department official, Babita Deokaran, outside her Winchester Hills home, south of Johannesburg in August this year.
Babita Deokaran, who was the department’s acting chief financial officer, was shot outside her home in Mondeor last month just moments after returning from the school run.
Police Minister Bheki Cele confirmed on Thursday that two more people had been arrested in connection with Babita Deokaran’s murder but did not say where.
Special Investigating Unit (SIU) head, Andy Mothibi, said that witnesses who felt unsafe should alert authorities like the SIU.
The report has already been leaked to the media and it has found that former Health Minister Zweli Mkhize acted unlawfully and improperly and it recommended that his family should repay R4 million.
The SIU was briefing the Standing Committee on Public Accounts (Scopa) about its investigations into personal protective equipment (PPE) corruption and other cases.
Khusela Diko was implicated in a multi-million-rand personal protective equipment (PPE) tender saga involving her late husband, Chief Madzikane Diko.
The Hawks said that a person who was with Deokaran in her car and witnessed when she was shot was in a safe place and was not wounded in the shooting.
Babita Deokaran was shot outside her home in the south of Joburg a week ago, after dropping off her child at school. She was a key witness in the SIU's investigation into the PPE scandal in Gauteng.
In the wake of the murder of Gauteng Health Department official, Babita Deokaran, President Cyril Ramaphosa has praised her as a hero and a patriot for standing against corruption and has vowed to protect whistleblowers.
Seven people have been arrested after Babita Deokaran, a Gauteng health official and key witness in the SIU probe into PPE corruption, was shot and killed outside her home.
