WHEREAS  allegations  as  contemplated  in  section  2(2)  of  the  Special  Investigating Units and Special Tribunals Act, 1996 (Act No. 74 of 1996) (hereinafter referred to as the  "Act”),  have  been  made in  respect  of  the  affairs  of  the  Department  of  Social Development of   the   Eastern   Cape   Province   (hereinafter   referred   to   as  “the Department”)