PRESIDENT Jacob Zuma says fraud and corruption undermine the moral authority of the State.
"It inhibits socio-economic development and contributes to delays in delivering services to our people," Zuma said in a speech read by Minister of Public Service and Administration Roy Padayachee in Durban yesterday.
He said to improve coordination in the fight against the scourge, the government has established the anti-corruption task team composed of the Hawks, the NPA including the asset forfeiture unit and the special investigating unit, National Treasury, South African Revenue Service and the financial intelligence centre.
"Since its establishment, the task team has identified and registered 42 corruption priority cases," he said.
"Some of the cases are before the courts. Out of 362 cases received for investigation, 291 arrests were made, leading to 155 convictions, made up of 77 public officials and 78 public members."
Durban businessman Rajkapoor "Teddy" Lakraj is among the people that have recently been arrested for allegedly defrauding the provincial department of human settlements of more than R87-million.
He is out on R200,000 bail on 147 charges of fraud and one of corruption, relating to the awarding of numerous contracts to Quantum Leap Investments 24, trading as Teddy's Construction and Dreamteam, trading as Siyasiza Builders.
He was also accused of "cover quoting" by using both his companies to tender for the same contracts, one priced high and the other low.
Lakraj is also alleged to have used the names of his domestic worker and that of her daughter as well as the name of a Western Cape student as "fake" BEE shareholders in two of his multimillion-rand companies.
To date, Zuma has issued close to 20 proclamations authorising the special investigating unit to conduct investigations.
Corruption delays service delivery - Zuma
PRESIDENT Jacob Zuma says fraud and corruption undermine the moral authority of the State.
"It inhibits socio-economic development and contributes to delays in delivering services to our people," Zuma said in a speech read by Minister of Public Service and Administration Roy Padayachee in Durban yesterday.
He said to improve coordination in the fight against the scourge, the government has established the anti-corruption task team composed of the Hawks, the NPA including the asset forfeiture unit and the special investigating unit, National Treasury, South African Revenue Service and the financial intelligence centre.
"Since its establishment, the task team has identified and registered 42 corruption priority cases," he said.
"Some of the cases are before the courts. Out of 362 cases received for investigation, 291 arrests were made, leading to 155 convictions, made up of 77 public officials and 78 public members."
Durban businessman Rajkapoor "Teddy" Lakraj is among the people that have recently been arrested for allegedly defrauding the provincial department of human settlements of more than R87-million.
He is out on R200,000 bail on 147 charges of fraud and one of corruption, relating to the awarding of numerous contracts to Quantum Leap Investments 24, trading as Teddy's Construction and Dreamteam, trading as Siyasiza Builders.
He was also accused of "cover quoting" by using both his companies to tender for the same contracts, one priced high and the other low.
Lakraj is also alleged to have used the names of his domestic worker and that of her daughter as well as the name of a Western Cape student as "fake" BEE shareholders in two of his multimillion-rand companies.
To date, Zuma has issued close to 20 proclamations authorising the special investigating unit to conduct investigations.
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