Overview
- Sfiso Nsibande, seconded from the CIDB, will continue as acting CEO to maintain operations during the transition.
- Malaka was suspended in August 2025 after a PwC probe flagged irregularities in an R836 million oxygen-plant tender covering 60 state hospitals.
- Daily Maverick published footage alleging Malaka offered R60,000 to journalist Pieter-Louis Myburgh to halt reporting on an IDT contract.
- Public Works Minister Dean Macpherson has filed criminal complaints against Malaka and IDT spokesperson Phasha Makgolane following the bribery claim.
- The board says it will cooperate with ongoing investigations that could lead to civil or criminal proceedings, while Malaka maintains she was entrapped.