MPs want regular report-backs on the Special Investigating Unit’s probes into multibillion-rand Covid-19 corruption, with 658 contracts currently under investigation.
Both Loyiso and Bandile Masuku are currently on leave from their jobs.
Among the details revealed in the current investigations include: some suppliers being paid without delivering supplies or services, price-gouging by suppliers, and officials replacing legitimate and qualified service providers with entities belonging to their families or friends. “Speed is of the essence. We always say we investigate with speed, but we don’t compromise the investigations … If we look at the issues of the motor scooters in the Eastern Cape, and the [multimillion-rand] door-to-door campaign in Mthatha, they were some of the first allegations that came up. We would want to have these matters finalised and action taken,” Mothibi said.
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