Briefing the media at the Imbizo Centre in Parliament, Radebe, who heads the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Information and Publicity, said government had made strides in the fight against corruption, and that law enforcement agencies would now take aim at convicting, those who are implicated of wrongdoing or looting state resources.
This was the first of several briefings that the Radebe intends to hold to keep members of the public informed about the progress that the State is making to root out corruption.
"The Anti-Corruption Task Team, overseen by the Anti-Corruption Inter-Ministerial Committee, has made great strides in their concerted efforts to fight corruption," he said.
"Through the task team, government set a target to successfully convict 100 people by 2014 for corruption, where the amount involved is more than R5m," he said.
He said government had recorded 548 incidents or allegations of serious corruption by the end of March involving 300 incidents.
"The Task Team also set a target to initiate 150 criminal investigations against people on serious corruption charges, involving more than R5m. To this end, a total of 828 persons are currently under criminal, financial and or forensic investigation," he said.
In a marathon media briefing, Radebe announced the outcomes of investigations that were carried out by the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) after President Jacob Zuma signed 36 proclamations in 2009 to probe graft across all spheres of government.
Since then, nine reports were completed and submitted to the Presidency, while 27 investigations were still underway.
Giving feedback on the nine reports, the Minister detailed the progress made against rogue officials who were corrupt.
These include:
In the Western Cape, several municipalities faced probes from the SIU. These include:
At the National Heritage Council, within the Department of Arts and Culture, the SIU referred two cases of tender fraud to the police, while disciplinary action was recommended against a further eight staffers for non-compliance with the statutes and regulations in both procurement and expenditure management.
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