Hawks report progress on nine of 13 corruption cases linked to defence department
Both Niehaus and the DA said the fuel-procurement investigation was being delayed by the Department of Defence’s failure to produce requested documents, and the DA said the secretary for defence had undertaken to intervene personally.
Officials also detailed a case involving the training and equipping of military veterans, where equipment was procured but veterans were left unable to use it because training had not been completed, and a separate R4 million security training contract in which the appointed service provider’s certification was not recognised by the relevant authority, leaving trainees unable to use their certificates.
A R48 million military veterans development programme was also flagged as being in contravention of the Public Finance Management Act, with the department’s own internal investigation resulting in an official’s suspension.
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