WHEREAS allegations as contemplated in section 2(2) of the Special Investigating Units and Special Tribunals Act, 1996 (Act No. 74 of 1996) (hereinafter referred to as "the Act”), have been made in respect of the affairs of the Independent Development Trust (hereinafter referred to as "the IDT”), the Department of Basic Education (hereinafter referred to as "the DBE") and the Department of Education for the Free State Province (hereinafter referred to as "the DEFS")