President Jacob Zuma has, in terms of the Special Investigating Unit and Special Tribunals Act, 1996, signed a Proclamation authorising the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) to investigate certain matters relating to the affairs of the KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Treasury.

The Proclamation authorises the SIU to investigate the following allegations:

Appointment, by the  Treasury, of a service provider to the “Municipal Infrastructure Crack Team” of the Treasury to provide services for the Municipal Infrastructure Intervention Programme of the Treasury and payments made to the service provider in a manner that was –

(a) Not fair, competitive, transparent, equitable or cost-effective-
(b) Contrary to –

(i)           Applicable legislation; or
(ii)         Applicable manuals, guidelines, practice notes or instructions issued by the National Treasury or the Treasury; or
(c) Conducted or facilitated by or through the improper intervention of employees of the Treasury.

Unauthorised, irregular or fruitless and wasteful expenditure incurred by the Treasury in respect of the funding of the

(a)  “Commemorating Prisoners of War – St Helena” event
(b) Durban International North Sea Jazz Festival; and
(c) KwaZulu-Natal Sharks Board.