Referred to as: SIU · Special Investigating Unit
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The SIU referred the Tembisa Hospital investigation in all its forms to the DPCI in or around 2020.
“Th e Te m b i s a h o s p i t a l m a t t e r, i n a l l o f i t s f o r m s , i n h o w e v e r m a n y l e g s o f i n v e s t i g a t i o n i t h a s , w h o m e v e r t h e p e r s o n s a n d e n t i t i e s o f i n t e r e s t a r e , h a d b e e n r e f e r r e d a r o u n d a b o u t 2 0 2 0 o r... b y t h e S I U t o t h e D P C I .”
SAPS Special Investigating Unit (SIU) officers seconded to departments lack mandate and resources they would have normally had, limiting effective financial record access in lifestyle audits leading to reliance on auditee submitted records which can be incomplete or concealed.
“these SIU officials are seconded to the department... effectively no longer function with SIU's powers... they no longer have the same mandates, access to resources... To conduct a lifestyle audit, you would rely on the auditee... The challenge being... somebody could very well hide some of their bank records...”