The SIU is investigating 102 companies doing business with the provincial government in Gauteng alone.
In the past weeks, the public has been affronted by a slew of allegations of seemingly rampant tender corruption and profiteering by politically connected individuals through Covid-19 emergency procurement.
The company is owned by the disputed amaBhaca King, Thandisizwe Diko. He is the husband of presidency spokesperson Khusela Diko. Thelinked the Diko family and Gauteng MEC of health, Bandile Masuku, through his wife Loyiso. Responding to the allegations, Gauteng Premier David Makhura revealed that 102 companies doing business with the province have been identified for investigation by the Special Investigating Unit . The SIU is also reportedly investigating R30-million worth of allegedly irregular contracts in KwaZulu-Natal, and others in the Eastern Cape. The entity is also investigating the Beitbridge border post’s new R37-million Covid-19-purposed fence.
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