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The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has called on all levels of government and State institutions to implement any referrals made to them by the unit.<\/p>\n
In its COVID-19 related procurement report to President Cyril Ramaphosa, the SIU revealed that following investigations, it has referred at least 224 government officials for disciplinary action as a result of irregularities that were uncovered.<\/p>\n
SIU spokesperson, Kaizer Kganyago, said a delay in instituting disciplinary measures against errant government administrators \u201csends the wrong message\u201d about how government is dealing with allegations of corruption or fraud.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe SIU urges other government departments, provinces, municipalities and State-owned entities to swiftly implement SIU disciplinary referrals and communicate outcomes to the public.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe slow pace of implementation of SIU referrals against implicated officials in wrongdoing is an ongoing concern within the SIU, as it sends a wrong message to the public and those tasked with the responsibility to manage public resources,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Kganyago said the referrals ought to serve as a deterrent for officials who may want to engage in irregular practices.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are of the firm belief that a swift implementation of SIU referrals and consequence management will serve as a deterrent to would be maladministrators and officials with a habit of misappropriating public funds,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
In his State of the Nation Address last week, President Ramaphosa announced that his office has \u201cset up mechanisms to monitor the implementation of the recommendations of the SIU, and ensure that government departments and entities act against those who have violated regulations and broken the law\u201d \u2014 an announcement Kganyago said the unit is \u201cpleased\u201d with.<\/p>\n
Kganyago praised the Gauteng government\u2019s precautionary suspension of nine officials implicated in alleged wrongdoing uncovered by the unit in the refurbishment of the Anglo Gold Ashanti Hospital.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Special Investigating Unit applauds the Gauteng Provincial Government for its swift implementation of the SIU\u2019s disciplinary referrals against officials from the [provincial] Health and Infrastructure Development Departments,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
A SIU investigation had discovered that the appointment of the professional service providers and contractors for the hospital\u2019s refurbishment were irregular, unlawful and did not comply with procurement regulations. \u2013\u00a0SAnews.gov.za<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has called on all levels of government and State institutions to implement any referrals made to them by the unit. In its COVID-19 related procurement report to President Cyril Ramaphosa, the SIU revealed that following investigations, it has referred at least 224 government officials for disciplinary action as a result […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25827,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[7357,7358,1720,599,7359],"class_list":{"0":"post-25826","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-politics","8":"tag-discipline","9":"tag-errant","10":"tag-officials","11":"tag-sanews","12":"tag-siu"},"yoast_head":"\n
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