CHARLES MOLELE
THE Hawks are expected to make high-profile arrests on Thursday related to the personal protective equipment (PPE) tender fraud and corruption, according to Seswantsho Godfrey Lebeya, head of the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation.
Lebeya, accompanied by the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) and the Special Investigating Unit (SIU), briefed the Standing Committee on Public Accounts (SCOPA) on the progress of COVID-19 corruption investigations.
President Cyril Ramaphosa has promised that corruption during the COVID-19 pandemic will be dealt with harshly.
His own spokesperson Khusela Diko has taken special leave amid allegations that her husband Thandisizwe Diko received part of a R2.2bn PPE tender awarded to 75 companies by the Gauteng Health Department.
Lebeya revealed that the Hawks were currently investigating about 154 PPE corruption cases, with 13 of the cases having been conducted and completed.
He said six criminal cases were already on court rolls.
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