SC0002
Tembisa Hospital extraction scheme
Hospital-procurement extraction via letterbox companies, scheme value escalated from R36M flagged by Deokaran → R850M → R3bn (SIU interim). External to Madlanga but referenced in corpus via Mogotsi WhatsApp + news24 article. Conflation risk with Matlala/SAPS contract.
7 events0 contradictionsR3,000,000,000
People in this scheme
Timeline of events
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2007
IPID investigator Nomsa Masuku transferred to the Tembisa cluster around 2007. She later testified about the cluster's operations at the Madlanga Commission.
moved to: I moved to Tembisa cluster, whereby I stayed there until 2010, but when I was at – no, I joined Tembisa in 2010 until 2013
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17 August 2021
Babita Deokaran, who was investigating the Tembisa Hospital procurement fraud, was murdered on 17 August 2021. Her death is directly tied to the corruption scheme she was exposing.
mentioned in: the murder of Babita Deokaran
investigation subject at time of murder: it was the award of that contract that Babita Deokaran was investigating when she was murdered?
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13 February 2023
On 13 February 2023, Witness F sent Mr Msibi a YouTube video link titled 'Watch Tembisa Tender Tycoon, his mama cat and their brazen blue'. The video remains publicly available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unbyMV32l8c — independent confirmation that the scheme was circulating in public discussion by early 2023.
action: on the 13th of February, you sent to Mr Msibi a link to a YouTube video which says: 'Watch Tembisa Tender Tycoon, his mama cat and their brazen blue light brigade'
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October 2023
A media article in October 2023 exposed the relationship between Matlala and the Tembisa Hospital corruption scandal, linking the two schemes.
content: expose a questionable relationship between Matlala, a businessman implicated in the Tembisa Hospital corruption scandal
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undated
A lucrative procurement contract at Tembisa Hospital was awarded to a consortium comprising Maumela and Matlala, later investigated by whistleblower Babita Deokaran.
contract award: that was awarded a lucrative contract at Tembisa Hospital?
membership in consortium: Yes, I saw that on the news, that is correct.
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undated
Suspects were arrested in connection with the murder of Babita Deokaran. The charges were for murder, not the underlying tender fraud.
action taken: Suspects were arrested
action taken: I knew for sure that we arrested the suspect of the murder.
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undated
A News24 article investigated and published the awarding of a multi-million rand procurement contract at Tembisa Hospital to a company linked to a tenderpreneur.
content: This follows after an investigation into awarding of this multi-million rand contract to a company owned by a Tembisa Hospital tenderpreneur Vusi Matlala, uncovered several irregularities.