Overview

• Investigators say three coordinated syndicates siphoned more than R2 billion through the hospital’s procurement system, naming Hangwani Maumela and Rudolph Mazibuko while withholding a third network pending legal processes.
• The probe reviewed 2,207 procurement bundles and over 4,500 purchase orders involving 207 suppliers, uncovering split orders, fronting and falsified supply‑chain documents.
• At least 15 current and former officials from the Gauteng health department and the hospital are implicated in corruption, collusion and bid‑rigging, with evidence of R122 million in corrupt payments to officials.
• The Maumela network is tied to 1,728 bundles worth about R816 million, and three companies linked to Vusimuzi ‘Cat’ Matlala received contracts totaling roughly R13–14 million.
• The SIU assisted the NPA Asset Forfeiture Unit and secured a Special Tribunal order freezing about R500 million in Maumela‑linked assets, alongside 116 disciplinary cases and further criminal referrals.