SPECIAL Investigating Unit (SIU) investigators, with the assistance of the Hawks, have raided the offices of the Ratlou Local Municipality in the North West, after the municipality failed to cooperate with a SIU investigation.
The Atamaleng Magistrate’s Court granted the SIU a warrant to raid the offices of the local municipality on Wednesday.
This follows the signing of Proclamation R23 of 2020 by President Cyril Ramaphosa, authorising the SIU to investigate allegations of corruption and maladministration in the affairs of State institutions, relating the procurement of personal protective equipment (PPE).
SIU spokesperson Kaizer Kganyago said the unit received information from a whistleblower that a senior official at the municipality instructed officials to appoint service providers who are allegedly known to the senior official for the provision of PPE and material to be used for disinfection of the buildings.
“The appointments were done without following supply chain policies and emergency procurement
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