The accused, Ayanda Matinise, used his proximity to the then-Health MEC to forge a letter committing the department to purchase PPE.

15 SANDF officials were named in an SIU report as they are allegedly linked to the irregular procurement of PPE.

The Hawks said Shareen Govender stole R18 million by pretending to be the director of a real PPE company she had no affiliation with

Babita Deokaran was brutally murdered after flagging suspicious transactions in PPE procurement in Gauteng hospitals.

Makhonzandile Lukhope and his daughter Naledi who were arrested for PPE tender fraud were released on bail of R4k and R2k respectively.

The father and daughter duo allegedly submitted fraudulent lease agreements claiming to have offices in the Eastern Cape

Angry South Africans are questioning President Ramaphosa’s announcement to declare a national state of disaster following the KZN floods.

The Hawks have swooped in on the Department of Health’s Northern Cape offices. It’s all part of their COVID corruption investigation.

A forensic investigation revealed that 48000 blankets were ordered and paid for in full by KZN DSD but only 4982 blankets were distributed.

There are 15 accused in the case – including former police officials and officers, officers still employed by the police and businesspeople.

Authorities arrested 15 people in relation to the acquisition of personal protective equipment (PPE) within SAPS worth nearly R2 million

The SIU found that irregular contracts worth over R400m were awarded in Gauteng. The DA is facing its own claims of PPE corruption.

Gauteng health official Babita Deokaran’s alleged killers appeared in the Johannesburg Magistrates Court this week.

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Kabelo Lehloenya wanted Premier David Makhura to contribute to any amount she is found liable for in the SIU’s PPE graft probe

Three company directors bought a truck, a taxi and land with some of the R10 million the UIF TERS fund paid out for its ghost employees.

Khusela Diko took leave of absence in July 2020, in the wake of a PPE corruption scandal involving her now late husband

The identities of those allegedly linked to whistleblower Babita Deokaran’s murder could be known once they appear in the dock

Former Gauteng acting CFO Babita Deokaran was killed just before she could testify about PPE tender corruption

David Makhura said Babita Deokaran stopped payments of irregular contracts in the department. Her evidence also led to successful dismissals.

Senior Gauteng Health official, Babita Deokaran, who was a SIU witness, was shot dead outside her Johannesburg home on Monday morning.

Former Gauteng Health CFO Kabelo Lehloenya claims she was instructed to award PPE contracts to certain people and implicated Makhura

National Health Laboratories Services CFO, Michael Sass, 57, and Felicia Sekete, 32, a director at Feliham, are facing PPE fraud charges.

Two officials from the National Health Laboratory Service were booked on Sunday in connection with SIU investigations into PPE corruption.

The KZN Arts and Culture Department has lashed back at the DA for claiming it spent more than R2m on PPE for a library under construction.

The SIU said that their investigation into Bandile Masuku is ongoing, and that his claims that he has been vindicated are untrue.

Diko and former Gauteng Health MEC Bandile Masuku were cleared of any wrongdoing relating of the procurement of PPE on Saturday.

ANC Chief Whip Pemmy Majodina said on Tuesday that her son’s involvement in a R52 500 PPE deal that has raised suspicion is ‘regrettable’.

The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) plans to claim back from the CFO, funds the state lost due to his alleged involvement in PPE corruption.

Former Gauteng Health MEC Bandile Masuku, on Monday, failed in his bid to challenge the SIU report into PPE irregularities.

Deputy Minister in the Presidency Thembi Siweya has told MPs that they saw it fit to give Khusela Diko more time to respond to the contents of the SIU’s letter

In the wake of the SIU’s report into PPE corruption, President Cyril Ramaphosa has assured South Africans that the net is closing on those implicated in dubious activities

Masuku was fired as health MEC while Diko was placed on special leave of absence from her role as presidential spokesperson when the scandal broke.

The Special Investigating Unit head Andy Mothibi has shown how unqualified companies were awarded lucrative tenders to provide PPE

The SIU has been investigating more than 600 companies which scored lucrative contracts to provide personal protective equipment (PPE)

Judge Mothle made a correction to an earlier judgement, stating that there are no allegations against Makhura regarding PPE corruption.

Gauteng Premier David Makhura has welcomed the SIU’s findings into PPE corruption in his office and insists he wasn’t involved

Transparency International reveals in its annual Corruption Perceptions Index for 2020 that corruption hampers countries’ COVID-19 response.

The public official at the centre of last year’s PPE scandal is facing a ‘permanent suspension’, after the SIU gave us an update on Khusela Diko.

The Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (DPCI) also known as the Hawks, and SIU have obtained computers and documents, as part of a probe into PPE corruption at Matlosana Local Municipality

Bandile Masuku contends the SIU report conducted “at the speed of lightning” against him, is without a factual foundation.

The PEC resolved that Bandile Masuku’s wife Loyiso could return to work after her involvement in the matter could not be substantiated.

The ANC in Gauteng has been meeting to discuss the contentious PIC report involving presidency spokesperson Khusela Diko and health MEC Bandile Masuku

The health sector is currently at odds with the department and has accused government of subjecting employees in state hospitals, to dire conditions, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic

The SIU say they have already spoken with Khusela Diko’s husband and Health MEC Bandile Masuku over their roles in the Gauteng PPE scandal.

The COVID-19 feeding frenzy has seemingly reached the higher echelons of our police force, which is now embroiled in a major PPE scandal.

Director-General of World Health Organisation labels corruption around PPE as ‘criminal’ and ‘murder’ at press conference.