Posts tagged with 'Corruption'

 

It’s time to man up, Cyril – Ramaphoria is dead and SA is in the toilet

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Femicide, rape, murder, a tanking economy – everything’s getting worse, and action from the top is our only hope

SA is in a terrible spiral of negativity. The past two weeks have been horrendous: men killing women, men raping children, supposedly “pro-poor” politicians like Julius Malema allegedly feeding himself from monies stolen from grandmothers’ pensions at VBS Bank, the country’s finances in a terrible state and about to be tipped into junk status, the crime statistics worse than they have ever been – and the economy continuing in the downward spiral it’s been on for ages.

Lest we forget, Hlaudi Motsoeneng appeared at the Zondo commission into state capture and reminded all of us just how absolutely horrific, low-grade and corrupt the past 10 years of our lives were. If you want to see the epitome of a failed state, you just have to listen to any five minutes of his appearance at the commission this past week and you would want to run for th
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Hawks are investigating fraud of more than R150 million at Sedibeng Municipality

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A senior investigation team is investigating fraud, corruption and maladministration where there are alleged contracts involved in the Sedibeng municipality.

Sedibeng is in Vereeniging and the municipality’s operations are now being investigated for alleged fraud of more than R150 million.

Godfrey Lebeya from the Hawks unit has appointed senior investigators to investigate the alleged fraud brought to the attention of a Falcon by a group of more than 600 people.

The march in Pretoria appears to have served as a trigger for the Hawks to take action, but experts believe the investigation could take months and concerns about the possibility of prosecution.

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South-Africa: Since apartheid was abolished, 1,000,000 people have been raped, 500,000 killed

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According to the Institute of Racial Relations (IRV), crime statistics look like a low-intensity civil war and SA is still losing the fight against crime.

The people of the country are living under an impending cloud of anarchy every day. The Institute shows that murders have risen to 21,000 over the past year and SA is being compared to a country like Syria. The rape figure looks even worse with two rapes for each murder committed. Since apartheid was abolished, 1,000,000 people have been raped and 500,000 killed.

Commercial crime increased by 14%. More than 83,000 cases have been reported to the police. The offenses include fraud, corruption, money laundering, forgery and cyber crimes. Robberies have exceeded the 140,000 notch while truck hijackings show more than 1,180 reported cases.

South Africa’s murder rate has increased by 5,8 percent compared with the previous year.

The South African Police Service’s Major General Norman Sekhukhune briefed Parliame
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Regiments Capital used to plunder the Transnet pension fund – R349m ‘stolen’ from pensioners in four days

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After allegations emerged in court of yet another scam that Regiments Capital used to plunder a Transnet pension fund, Regiments directors quickly agreed to pay half a billion rand to settle all the fund’s claims against it. But Eric Wood, a former director, has gone to court to quash the deal, claiming his former colleagues are using the company’s money to save themselves, leaving him to face the music.

Regiments Capital has agreed to an astounding R500 million settlement with the Transnet Second Defined Benefit Fund (TSDBF).

Regiments is a financial services company that scored hundreds of millions of rands in business from Transnet with a leg-up from the Guptas and their associates.

The settlement follows the revelation of a previously unknown stratagem Regiments allegedly used to suck R349 million from the pension fund in a mere four days during late 2015 and early 2016.

TSDBF launched a R230 million claim against Regiments in the
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Many secrets now buried with Watson’s death – Several corrupt people’s crimes are now going to the grave with him

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Many secrets surrounding the corruption and state capture in South Africa were buried for good after the communist-minded Gavin Watson died when he crashed into a concrete pillar with a Toyota car on Monday morning.

There are suspicions that Watson wanted to evade Tuesday’s testimony before the Zondo commission and flee the country, especially considering the numerous bribes he was dealing with.

Observers later said Watson’s death would suit a lot of corrupt people like a glove, and their scandalous actions can now be easily refuted.

The possibility that Watson committed suicide is considered the sole cause of the accident in some circles, and the allegation that he did not have the expertise to drive a gearshift car because he was only driving cars with automatic gears, is rejected.

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Asbestos case involving R250, million uncovered by Pieter Louis Myburg’s book, Gangster State

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After several years, the apparent corruption incident with asbestos plates on houses in the Free State is finally being investigated.

The Special Investigation Unit was commissioned by ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa to investigate the matter of R250 million.

The asbestos also secreted a fine substance that can cause asbestos poisoning, but whether it is part of the investigation is unknown.

In the Free State, 33,000 residential units have been identified with roof-top asbestos plates, and the scoring company, Blackhead-Diamond Hill, is linked to the case.

The investigation was ordered after the book, Gangster State by Pieter Louis Myburgh opened the matter.

Allegations that officials and contractors have dealt illegally with the contract to inspect the asbestos home roofs will now be investigated, but observers say the matter will ultimately lead to no one’s prosecution.

-Read the original article in Afrikaans on Vrybur
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SURVEY – SAPS CONSIDERED MOST CORRUPT INSTITUTION IN SA

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Of the 47,000 citizens surveyed in 35 African countries, more than half believed corruption was getting worse in their country.

The Global Corruption Barometer (GCB) Africa on Thursday revealed that the South African Police Service (SAPS) is considered the most corrupt institution in the country.

The GCB is the largest, most detailed survey of citizens’ views on corruption and bribery in Africa. The survey was conducted between the end of July and September last year.

The survey also revealed that 64% of those surveyed think corruption levels increased during the past 12 months. However, overall the SAPS was considered the most corrupt institution in South Africa.

“It is absolutely essential that corruption in the police is tackled. I have to say that it is not an uncommon result across countries and not only in Africa. In some sense, police have extraordinary power and therefore it is there to be abused,” said Corruption Watch’s
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Seven police officers arrested for allegedly attempting to resell confiscated goods

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Gauteng police have arrested seven of their own for corruption and defeating the ends of justice for allegedly attempting to resell confiscated goods to illegal traders.

Police spokeswoman Brig Mathapelo Peters said a Warrant Officer and four Constables were arrested at the Johannesburg Central police station after trying to resell goods confiscated from the Okae Molao operation that took place in the CBD on Wednesday.

“In the second incident, two members from the Tactical Response Team were arrested after police investigated a possible leak of information about the planned operation in the Johannesburg CBD. The two were linked through investigation and on an eye witness account,” Peters said.

Gauteng Provincial Commissioner of police, Lt-Gen Elias Mawela said he hoped the arrest of their own members will inspire hope in Gauteng residents.

“We certainly hope that the arrest of seven of our own will prove to the people of Gauteng
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ANC at fault for municipal chaos, collapse of infrastructure and to blame for water shortages

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The single biggest reason why residents in certain municipal regions have water shortages is the chaos in municipalities across the country, particularly those under ANC governance that do not pay their water accounts.

The Minister admitted that part of the problem is the collapse of infrastructure. It is too bad that she did not also admit that it is the ANC’s fault.

It is becoming increasingly unacceptable to blame the previous dispensation. Apartheid has nothing to do with the ANC’s fraud, corruption and sheer inability to govern. Municipalities’ outstanding debt to nine different water councils currently amounts to R14 billion. The money cannot simply be written off.

And the water that is available gets wasted or polluted. In April this year, the FF Plus lodged a criminal complaint against the manager of the Mafube Local Municipality due to the dumping of raw sewage in the Wilge River at Frankfort. The municipality’s sewage plant has
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12,432 SASSA beneficiaries defrauded on social grants toting up to R21 million

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Social Development Minister Lindiwe Zulu announced in a parliamentary reply on Tuesday that about 20,787 fraud cases were registered at the Post Office by June 28 this year. Furthermore, it has also been revealed that 12 432 pensioners as well as other beneficiaries have been deceived in the past year from their social grants, collectively more than R21 million.

Liezl van der Merwe, IFP MP, wanted to know from Zulu how many fraudulent pensioners and other beneficiaries had reported to the South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) over the past 12 months, whether it was resolved and whether the stolen money was recovered . To which Zulu replied that criminal investigations are currently pending and that the money was never recovered.

Van der Merwe also wanted to know what Sassa is doing to stop corruption and fraudulent transactions with Sassa cards. Zulu replied that the beneficiaries report fraud with their social grants at their nearest Sassa offi
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