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THE Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has vowed to maintain the momentum in pursuing wrongdoers in local government and recovering public money siphoned through corruption.

The undertaking was made by the head of the unit, advocate Andy Mothibi, in Pretoria this week. He was speaking at the launch of the Local Government Anti-corruption Forum and the local government ethical leadership initiative.

Stakeholders that form part of the forum include representatives from the government, law enforcement agencies, the business sector and civil society.

The forum seeks to root out corruption in local government where it is believed that the looting of public funds is rife.

Mothibi said the fight against corruption was an urgent one.

He revealed that the unit was investigating several municipalities.

Mothibi suggested that one of the ways to stop the rot in the local government sphere was by having realtime audits done by the auditor-general so that all acts of corruption could be picked up and investigated.

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