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Special Investigating Unit (SIU)

@RSASIU

Official account of the Special Investigating Unit, South Africa 🇿🇦. We strike against corruption. Whistleblower hotline: 0800037774

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Sep 11, 2025
Think your professional skills can help uncover corruption? The SIU is looking for specialist experts to join our database and help with investigations. We need: - Quantity Surveyors - Engineers (All disciplines) -Digital Forensics expert - Energy/Electrical Project Planning
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Special Investigating Unit (SIU)
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Jun 11
#SIUWorkingForYou| SIU WELCOMES SPECIAL TRIBUNAL RULING SETTING ASIDE IRREGULAR DITSOBOTLA WASTEWATER TREATMENT CONTRACT OBTAINED VIA A PHONE CALL The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) welcomes the Special Tribunal’s judgment, which reviews and sets aside an unlawful wastewater
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Jun 11
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Under the SIU Act, the SIU is also authorised to initiate civil proceedings in the High Court or a Special Tribunal in its name to address any wrongdoing identified during its investigation in order, inter alia, to recover any losses suffered by the State.
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Jun 11
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In line with the Special Investigating Units and Special Tribunals Act 74 of 1996 (SIU Act), the SIU has also referred any evidence of criminal conduct uncovered during its investigation to the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) for further action.
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Jun 11
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“It is deeply troubling and unfortunate that the officials of organs of State, who are often the enablers and perpetrators of the fraud against the municipalities, never face the consequences of their deeds. If they do, the public seldom knows the outcome,” he said.
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Jun 11
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The SIU’s investigation found evidence suggesting collusion between municipal officials and the service providers to defraud the municipality. Judge Mashile noted that, despite significant public funds being spent, residents remained in the same “unendurable and disadvantaged
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Jun 11
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· Themak falsely reported the project as complete despite generators being installed a month later, while AGSA’s Material Irregularity (MI) report identified the amount of R5,555, 650 in undelivered work.
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Jun 11
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· AGSA inspections identified payments for work and contingency amounts totalling more than R4,314,072.63 that could not be verified on-site. · Rensh was contracted to supply four 100kVA diesel generators to assist in maintaining the wastewater treatment plants at R250,000 each.
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Jun 11
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· Rensh relied on a BOQ prepared by consulting firm Themak and reduced the project value from R36,923,045.77 to R25,884, 435.75. · The municipality paid R25,884,435.75 to Rensh in May 2020, despite work not being completed.
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Jun 11
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· Cader’s husband had done prior work for the municipality, but Cader’s inexperienced company got the bid and contract. · No valid written contract or appointment letter could be produced for Rensh’s appointment.
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Jun 11
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· One of the bidders who was interviewed said he submitted a BOQ and attended site inspections for emergency refurbishment of four pump stations in December 2019, but never received any feedback.
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Jun 11
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The SIU further found that: · The municipality had already advertised the tender and received about 17 bids before the National State of Disaster, but the procurement process favoured appointing Rensh.
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Jun 11
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The investigation found that the municipality abandoned an existing tender process and used COVID-19 emergency procurement rules to appoint Rensh, despite the company having neither submitted a bid nor demonstrated the required expertise.
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