The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has conducted a series of coordinated raids in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng as part of a major probe into the alleged theft of R161 million from the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF).
Raids were executed at the UIF’s Pretoria offices, along with several other locations including office buildings and private residences. The SIU alleges the massive sum was siphoned from the UIF’s COVID-19 Temporary Employer/Employee Relief Scheme (TERS).
Among the suspects named is Thamsanqa Madlala, an uMkhonto weSizwe (MK party) councillor at the Ray Nkonyeni Local Municipality.