Special Investigating Units And Special Tribunals Act, 1996 (Act No. 74 of 1996)ProclamationsReferral of Matters to Existing Special Investigating UnitsMpumalanga Provincial Department of HealthProclamation No. 50 of 2022 |
Proclamation No. 50
28 January 2022
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PROCLAMATION NO. 50 of 2022
by the
PRESIDENT of the REPUBLIC of SOUTH AFRICA
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 affairs of Mpumalanga Provincial Department of Health (hereinafter referred to as “the Department");
AND WHEREAS the Department of the State suffered losses that may be recovered;
AND WHEREAS I deem it necessary that the said allegations should be investigated and civil proceedings emanating from such investigation should be adjudicated upon;
NOW, THEREFORE, I hereby, under section 2(1) of the Act, refer the matters mentioned in the Schedule, in respect of the Department, for investigation to the Special Investigating Unit established by Proclamation No. R. 118 of 31 July 2001 and determine that, for the purposes of the investigation of the matters, the terms of reference of the Special Investigating Unit are to investigate as contemplated in the Act, any alleged—
| (a) | serious maladministration in connection with the affairs of the Department; |
| (b) | improper or unlawful conduct by officials or employees of the Department; |
| (c) | unlawful appropriation or expenditure of public money or property; |
| (d) | unlawful, irregular or unapproved acquisitive act, transaction, measure or practice having a bearing upon State property; |
| (e) | intentional or negligent loss of public money or damage to public property; |
| (f) | offence referred to in Parts 1 to 4, or section 17, 20 or 21 (in so far as it relates to the aforementioned offences) of Chapter 2 of the Prevention and Combating of Corrupt Activities Act, 2004 (Act No. 12 of 2004), and which offences were committed in connection with the affairs of the Department; or |
| (g) | unlawful or improper conduct by any person, which has caused or may cause serious harm to the interests of the public or any category thereof, |
which took place between 1 January 2018 and the date of publication of this Proclamation or which took place prior to 1 January 2018 or after the date of publication of this Proclamation, but is relevant to, connected with, incidental or ancillary to the matters mentioned in the Schedule or involve the same persons, entities or contracts investigated under authority of this Proclamation, and to exercise or perform all the functions and powers assigned to or conferred upon the said Special Investigating Unit by the Act, including the recovery of any losses suffered by the Department or the State, in relation to the said matters in the Schedule.
Given under my Hand and the Seal of the Republic of South Africa at PRETORIA this 14TH day of JANUARY Two thousand and twenty-two.
M C Ramaphosa
President
By Order of the President-in-Cabinet:
R O Lamola, MP
Minister of the Cabinet
SCHEDULE
| 1. | The contracting for or procurement of— |
| (a) | ICT infrastructure required to operationalise the Bethal Hospital; |
| (b) | the installation and commissioning of an ICT network for the Middelburg Hospital; |
| (c) | a fleet management solution for the Department; |
| (d) | a citizen engagement platform for the Department; |
| (e) | the connection of community health centres and clinics to a virtual private network; and |
| (f) | the digitalisation of queue management processes at Themba Hospital, |
by or on behalf of the Department, and payments which were made in respect thereof in a manner that was―
| (i) | not fair, equitable, transparent, competitive or cost-effective; or |
| (ii) | contrary to applicable― |
| (aa) | legislation; |
| (bb) | manuals, guidelines, practice notes, circulars or instructions issued by the National Treasury or the relevant Provincial Treasury; or |
| (cc) | manuals, codes, guidelines, policies, procedures, prescripts, instructions or practices of, or applicable to the Department, |
and any related unauthorised, irregular or fruitless and wasteful expenditure incurred by the Department or the State.
| 2. | Any unlawful or improper conduct by the employees or officials of the Department or applicable service providers, or any other person or entity in relation to the allegations set out in paragraph 1 of this Schedule. |