SIU to probe R295 million Rooiwaal tender following deadly Tshwane cholera outbreak

PHUTI MOSOMANE

SPOKESPERSON Kaizer Kganyago has announced that the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) is in the final stages of preparing a special proclamation to conduct a comprehensive investigation into the R295 million Rooiwaal tender following the outbreak of cholera in Hammanskraal, which has claimed 17 lives.

He stated that although the SIU has not yet commenced the investigation into the Rooiwaal contract, but they have received a report from ActionSA and have been actively gathering additional information from the Tshwane municipality and other relevant sources.

Kganyago expressed regret over the delays in obtaining all the necessary answers due to the frequent changes in government within the Tshwane municipality.

He confirmed that the SIU has concluded its preliminary investigations and is currently drafting the special proclamation for the President’s signature, which will initiate the formal investigative process.

However, Kganyago declined to comment on the validity of the allegations implicating businessman Edwin