President Cyril Ramaphosa has authorised the Special Investigating Unit to probe allegations of corruption and maladministration at national and provincial health departments. | itchybyte
The Special Investigating Unit has received the go-ahead for a wide-ranging investigation into corruption in the national and provincial health departments. Health Minister Joe Phaahla has warned that these costs alone are putting the department at risk of crashing financially.
The SIU said on Monday the proclamation and investigations were intended to focus on the billions in medical negligence claims from health facilities. The wide scope of the proclamation gives the SIU the power to investigate people and contracts that took place between 1 January 2013 and 22 July 2022, the date of the proclamation, or which took place prior to 1 January 2013, or after the date of publication of this proclamation. National health department spokesperson, Doctor Tshwale, said the department welcomed the proclamation because the medical negligence claims by legal firms were so huge they were crippling its budget.
"We also need to deal with unscrupulous legal firms," he told the National Assembly during his budget vote speech in May.
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