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SIU head Andy Mothibi in Parliament. (Jan Gerber/News24) The SIU says corrupt activities, with an intention to illegally benefit from the R500bn Covid-19 relief fund, are under investigation.To date, 20 cases of fraud and corruption have been reported. SIU says the majority of the investigations are at an advanced stage.  The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) says…

Some 46 000 property practitioners are represented by the National Property Practitioners Council, which has welcomed the real estate sector's return to activity.The NPCC says the sector is confident it prepared for a safe return with less human contact than many other sectors. The stalling of real estate affected many downstream activities like removal companies and…

Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula is set to announce a short-term government backed taxi industry relief fund sometime this week meant to help mitigate the effects of the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic on individual taxi owners. During a media briefing update on the Covid-19 level 4 lockdown regulations on Friday in Pretoria, Mbalula stopped short of revealing…

More than 10 000 food parcels will be delivered to distressed small-scale and interim relief fishers across the country.In a partnership between the Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries, FishSA, major fishing corporations and the SA Fishing Development fund, registered small-scale fishers in the Cape Town Metro, West Coast, and Northern Cape will receive the…

depends on the department's plans to ensure that schools are safe and Covid-19-compliant, News24 reported. According to SAOU spokesperson Chris Klopper, the country had "sighed a collective sigh of relief" after Motshekga's statement. The union called it a "relatively rational response" to the various inputs made during the past few weeks on the reopening of schools…