SIU wants former North West health boss’ pension frozen pending probe of Gupta-linked deal

Former North West Department of Health HOD Dr Andrew Thabo Lekalakala. Picture: health.nwpg.gov.za

During a visual hearing on Thursday morning, advocate Judith Ramoshaba for the SIU, said they were currently investigating several allegations of financial irregularities during Lekalakala’s tenure.It has also made an application in court for the controversial mobile clinic tender, dubiously awarded to the Gupta-aligned company Mediosa, to be included in their investigation, she said.

Ramoshaba argued that should the pension of around R2m be paid, the state would suffer irreparable harm. “On the papers, I expected you to set out the facts to enable the tribunal to come to a decision that there is some prima facie right on which the court can grant relief,” Siwendu said. She said: “We are not running a kangaroo process, we are running a legal process. You’ve got to make your case in the papers. What is common knowledge to you, is not common knowledge to me.”“Your investigation is not complete, we understand that, but at the least, there were other aspects that you could have brought before.

He also said the SIU expected the tribunal not to exercise its independence but to rely on the outcome of Lekalakala’s disciplinary hearing, without knowing what evidence was presented there.Lekalakala was suspended on allegations of financial irregularities pertaining to his alleged involvement in the Mediosa scandal.

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