Excessive delay in prosecuting Gauteng Health corruption unacceptable
8 April 2019
The Special Investigating Unit is still investigating massive corruption in the Gauteng Health Department nine years after it was authorized to do so.
This information is given in a written reply to my questions in the Gauteng Legislature by Provincial Police Commissioner Elias Mawela.
According to Mawela the investigation is still ongoing and delays are because “the final report from the appointed Forensic Accountant and transcripts on recordings of the lnternal inquiry by the Gauteng Legislature against the suspects accounts for the delay”.
A key suspect is the ANC’s Brian Hlongwa, who was the Health MEC when the alleged massive corruption occurred involving more than R1 billion in contracts.