Siu Probes Mpumalanga Education Tender Irregularities

The Special Investigating Unit SIU is probing tender irregularities in Mpumalangas Education Department. Its investigating alleged corruption related to six tenders.

Apparently, irregular payments were made to various service providers, who were contracted to provide food stuff, to six boarding schools in the province.

President Cyril Ramaphosa recently signed a proclamation authorising the SIU to investigate allegations of fraud, corruption and misadministration in the Mpumalanga Education Department. The investigation is about procurement irregularities, inflation of invoices and payments.

SIU spokesperson, Kaizer Kganyago, says officials and service providers will be probed.

The SIU has now started this investigation and what it will look into is to investigate and recover losses that might have been incurred by the department, to look at who was doing all these wrong things, and to forward disciplinary referrals to the department when the need arises.