Investigating corruption
Talks between the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) and the national Department of Housing have advanced to crack down on corrupt elements within the department.
In July, Housing Minister Lindiwe Sisulu said she would ask the unit to probe sleaze within the department, after the Standing Committee on Public Accounts (Scopa) criticised officials for poorly administering housing subsidies.
Auditor-General Shauket Fakie had found that of the more than R2.5 billion handed out since the beginning of the scheme in 1994, more than R300 million had been paid out irregularly.
In Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal there are fictitious applications, corruption committed by conveyancers as well as the lack of houses being built whereas payment has been made.
Head of the SIU, Willie Hofmeyer, briefed the media about investigating corruption in the country.
21 588 government officials had irregularly registered as social grant recipients.
At least 13 920 possible prosecutions were imminent on implicated public servants. The officials were charged with fraud for receiving benefits they were not entitled to.
In the Department of Correctional Services, six major procurement contracts are under investigation. These include, the repair and maintenance contract at Klerksdorp whose amount inflated from the original R56 million to R112 million and another of an information technology database from R4 million to R14 million, among others.
Regarding the Department of Transport, 24 243 invalid licences - including foreign conversions - were identified. Read more
In July, Housing Minister Lindiwe Sisulu said she would ask the unit to probe sleaze within the department, after the Standing Committee on Public Accounts (Scopa) criticised officials for poorly administering housing subsidies.
Auditor-General Shauket Fakie had found that of the more than R2.5 billion handed out since the beginning of the scheme in 1994, more than R300 million had been paid out irregularly.
In Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal there are fictitious applications, corruption committed by conveyancers as well as the lack of houses being built whereas payment has been made.
Head of the SIU, Willie Hofmeyer, briefed the media about investigating corruption in the country.
21 588 government officials had irregularly registered as social grant recipients.
At least 13 920 possible prosecutions were imminent on implicated public servants. The officials were charged with fraud for receiving benefits they were not entitled to.
In the Department of Correctional Services, six major procurement contracts are under investigation. These include, the repair and maintenance contract at Klerksdorp whose amount inflated from the original R56 million to R112 million and another of an information technology database from R4 million to R14 million, among others.
Regarding the Department of Transport, 24 243 invalid licences - including foreign conversions - were identified. Read more
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