{"id":1838,"date":"2022-01-26T13:59:58","date_gmt":"2022-01-26T11:59:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblemedia.co\/?p=1838"},"modified":"2022-01-26T13:59:59","modified_gmt":"2022-01-26T11:59:59","slug":"president-ramaphosa-releases-siu-covid-19-investigations-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblemedia.co\/index.php\/2022\/01\/26\/president-ramaphosa-releases-siu-covid-19-investigations-report\/","title":{"rendered":"President Ramaphosa releases SIU COVID-19 investigations report"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>President Cyril Ramaphosa has released the Special Investigating Unit\u2019s (SIU) report into COVID-19 procurement to the public this morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The report is a culmination of an 18-month investigation by the SIU into billions of Rands worth of contracts entered into by the state for resources related to the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some of these contracts remain under investigation by the unit and a supplementary report will be handed over to the President by June this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis investigation targeted individuals and institutions who believed they could exploit a moment of national vulnerability to enrich themselves and those with whom they colluded to abuse public resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">President <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CyrilRamaphosa?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CyrilRamaphosa<\/a> has authorised the release to the public of the final report of the investigation by the Special Investigating Unit into procurement by all spheres of government of goods, works and services associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4BB7Sv1VKB\">https:\/\/t.co\/4BB7Sv1VKB<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Presidency | South Africa \ud83c\uddff\ud83c\udde6 (@PresidencyZA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PresidencyZA\/status\/1485888816338583553?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 25, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Photo:<\/em> GCIS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Cyril Ramaphosa has released the Special Investigating Unit\u2019s (SIU) report into COVID-19 procurement to the public this morning. 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