SIU aims to get R8.3m from Free State bursary scheme fraud
The Midday Report with Mandy Wiener · 3 June 2026 · 5m
Speaker 1: The Special Investigating Unit has done an investigation into the Free State government bursary scandal. Speaker 1: It's released the finding findings of its three year probe into the improper awarding of Speaker 1: government bursaries in the province si You doing really good work as always. Selby Makoto Speaker 1: is the spokesperson for the SIU and joins us now, so I'll be good afternoon Speaker 1: to you. Thanks very much for your time. If you could just a reminder about Speaker 1: this investigation into the awarding of government bursaries. What exactly did it cover? Speaker 2: Thank you very much. Mainly good afternoon to you, Good afternoon to the listeners, and Speaker 2: thank you for helping us on the show. The investigation was the trainely persuad to Speaker 2: the proclamation of the ur uniform. And I need to mention right the commandment of Speaker 2: the conversation that this was a referral to the SAU by the Auditor General, whether Speaker 2: the Auditor General auditening books around twenty seventeen, twenty eighteen, this material irregularity was picked Speaker 2: up and subsequently Saturday SIU and indeed we found that the way gross the irregularities Speaker 2: that were okay in the awarding of Bazzar risks during the period under review that Speaker 2: resulted in financial losses funding motions that were not in compliance or compatible with the Speaker 2: applicable legislation or policy frameworks in that regard. So there were quite a number of Speaker 2: irregularities that we discovered ex communicated in our outcome of the investigations report. Speaker 1: Okay, so take us through some of those outcomes. Speaker 2: The outcomes for instance relates to a funding for the diseased the way in a Speaker 2: we found…
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