South Africa
Government speeds up process to recover graft funds─── 11:31 Mon, 25 Feb 2019
A special tribunal has been established to fast-track the recovery of monies and assets lost by state institutions through irregular and corrupt means.
The presidency said on Sunday that this is to fast-track the finalisation of matters that the Special Investigating Unit refers for civil litigation.
“These are matters where the SIU would have referred to civil litigation contracts entered into by state institutions to be declared irregularly invalid or set aside.”
The presidency said that the powers and functions of the special tribunal were to adjudicate upon any civil proceedings brought before it by the SIU.
Ramaphosa had appointed Judge Gidfonia Makhanya as the president of the tribunal for a period of three years.
African News Agency (ANA)
