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Failed Schools

Why education is failing

R2.7T

financial exposure · 135 documented incidents

Inquiry
2021

I-RAF: I-R500B+ Ubuqhophololo boCwangciso-mali, iFemu yoMthetho yokuPhangwa nokuThinjwa koMbuso

R500 billion+

Prosecution
2016

Ukubanjwa kobuRhulumente beGupta: Ukubanjwa koMzantsi Afrika ngokuCwangcisiweyo

R500.0 billion

No Action
2022

Ukuwa kweMali kaMasipala okuCwangcisiweyo: iR250 yeBhiliyoni+ kwiNkcitho eRhwaphilizo

R250.0 billion+

Civil Recovery
2007

Isitishi soMbane saseKusile: I-R233 yeBhiliyoni - Esona sikhululo samalahle sixabisa kakhulu kwimbali

R233 billion

Prosecution
2017

I-Steinhoff International: I-R200 yeebhiliyoni zobuqhetseba boShishino

R200 billion

Civil Recovery
2007

Isikhululo soMbane saseMedupi: i-R135-234 yeBhiliyoni ye-Mega-Projekthi ethwaxwa luRhwaphilizo kunye nokuSilela

R135-234 billion

Civil Recovery
2007

IChancellor House/Hitachi Boiler Scandal: Ingeniso yeANC kwi $5.6 Billion yeZibhambathiso zeEskom

R96 billion (combined Medupi/Kusile boiler contracts; ~$5.6B)

No Action
2019

I-Mafia yoLwakhiwo: R68B+ Ukonakala kwezoQoqosho, 30% Ukuxhwilwa, iiProjekthi Zilahliwe

R68 billion+

Investigation
2020

I-UIF-TERS Ubuqhophololo: R57.4 yeBhiliyoni echithiweyo, ubuqhophololo obuNqobileyo

R57.4 billion

Prosecution
2015

Ukuthengwa kwe-Transnet 1064 kwiLocomotive: I-R54 Billion Heist

R54.0 billion

Civil Recovery
2009

Umbutho woShishino loLwakhiwo: I-R1.46B Izohlwayo zokuRhwaphiliza i-R47B kwiiProjekthi zikaRhulumente

R47 billion

Prosecution
1999

IPhekethe yokuThengwa koBuchule yoKhuselo: iSivumelwano soMzansi Afrika sezixhobo

R47.0 billion

Investigation
2024

ISibonelelo seNkqubo yeSibonelelo se-SRD R350: Ubuqhophololo ngoBuninzi Bubhentsiswe ngaBafundi beYunivesithi

R36.4 billion (total SRD allocation exposed to fraud)

Investigation
2015

Ukuphanga okuCwangcisiweyo kwe-PRASA: Ukuwa koLoliwe waseMzantsi Afrika waBakhweli

R33.0 billion

Investigation
2014

Ukuwa kweZibonelelo zaManzi: i-46% iLahlekile kukuvuza, uGutyulo kwiMilambo, abangama-23 bafile ngenxa yeKholera

R33 billion

No Action
2013

I-e-Tolls yakwaSANRAL: R28.7 yeBhiliyoni yeTyala leNkqubo Akukho Mntu Usetyenzisiweyo

R28.7 billion

Civil Recovery
2022

UPhando lwe-SIU emva kwe-COVID: R26.7 yeBhiliyoni kuma-5,000+ amatyala asebenzayo

R26.7 billion

Prosecution
2014

Ukubanjwa kwePhondo laseFreyistata: i-R25B+ kwiNkcitho eRhwayo phantsi kukaMagashule (2009-2018)

R25 billion+

No Action
2007

PetroSA: I-Operation Mango kunye ne-R15 yebhiliyoni ye-GTL yokuSilela

R15.0 billion

Investigation
2020

I-COVID-19 PPE iScandal yokuFumana

R14.3 billion

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