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IOL News reports that the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has been granted a preservation order to freeze the pension benefits of a former Mpumalanga health official accused of irregularly awarding seven contracts amounting to over R19 million.
The contracts were for the procurement of goods and services from various service providers during the Covid-19 state of emergency. The Government Employees Pension Fund (GEPF) and Mpumalanga Health Department have been halted from paying pension benefits of approximately R2 million due to Tshegofatso Daniel Moralo, who was employed at the Mpumalanga Department of Health as Assistant Director and Manager of Pharmaceutical Services. "The SIU is pursuing civil action to review and set aside the contracts and to recover financial losses suffered by the State. The freezing of Moralo’s pension benefits is part of the implementation of SIU’s investigation outcomes and consequence management to recover financial losses due to corruption or negligence,“ SIU spokesperson Kaizer Kganyago indicated. According to the SIU, Moralo resigned to avoid accountability during the SIU-initiated disciplinary process.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Sisipho Bhuta at IOL News
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