PETROSA: More allegations of dodgy dealings
State oil company PetroSA, which has been mired in controversy for five of its seven-year existence, is once again in the spotlight. New evidence has come to light in an investigation that shows links between politicians, businessmen and directors of the parastatal, reports the Financial Mail.
PetroSA's Chief risk & compliance officer, Lerato Lesole claims he uncovered evidence which showed Mkhize and Nika had been involved in irregular tender practices. He also says that some directors have shareholdings in companies that had contracts with PetroSA. The FM has established independently that Mkhize has a shareholding in at least one company (of 26%) linked to a former contractor.
Posted by Editor at 2:03 PM
SABC troubles - irregular tenders?
Calls for investigation into whether the de facto owners of a consulting firm on the SABC's books, receiving millions, are the SABC's head of group management and strategy, Sipho Sithole, and axed chief executive Dali Mpofu...
Will calls for a full forensic investigation into "wastage" and mismanagement at the SABC reveal irregularities in the broadcaster's tender activites?
The Communications Workers Union and the Media Workers' Association of South Africa called for an immediate independent forensic audit into the SABC, which reported a financial loss of R839-million for the 2008/09 financial year.
A 14-page memorandum from the unions, alleging that "money has been wasted with impunity" at the SABC, has been handed to Parliament's portfolio committee.
The report said losses at the broadcaster in the past year were due to declining revenue and "unrestrained over-expenditure".
Among the unions' allegations was a series of payments, valued at several million rand, made to the company Gemini Consulting.
It needed to be established whether the empowerment company registered to Gemini Consulting was not de facto owned by the SABC's head of group management and strategy, Sipho Sithole, and axed chief executive Dali Mpofu, the memorandum read.
Posted by Editor at 7:29 AM
Indian firm sues SA over AIDS-drug tender
INDIAN pharmaceuticals group Aurobindo is taking South Africa’s Treasury to court, claiming it lost out to local pharmaceutical companies in a R400-million contract for antiretroviral (ARV) AIDS drugs, even though its tendered price for the drugs was cheaper.
Posted by Editor at 12:38 PM
Cape officials cash in on top positions
Companies or close corporations in which employees of the Western Cape government or their spouses had interests contracted about R60-million of provincial government business between April 2005 and March 2007, an auditor-general’s report has found.
Posted by Editor at 6:53 AM
Civil servant tender rigging exposed
...tender-rigging and corruption worth more than R610-million.
South Africa’s civil servants have scored more than half-a-billion rand in government tenders, which were irregularly awarded to their spouses and relatives.
Posted by Editor at 6:39 AM
Gauteng health tender shock
Winning bidder charged much more and had poorer technical score
A SENIOR Gauteng Health Department official, recently unmasked for abusing a government housing subsidy, is at the centre of a multi-million-rand tender scandal.
Posted by Editor at 9:39 AM
Another LOC head rolls
[IT Web, Johannesburg, 25 March 2008] - Zakes Mnisi, IT head of the 2010 World Cup Local Organising Committee (LOC), has been suspended with immediate effect, amid allegations of financial impropriety.Posted by Editor at 2:15 PM
Major flaws exposed in Bay property valuation - A supplier question
[The Herald, Johannesburg, 19 March 2008] - MAJOR flaws have been revealed in Nelson Mandela Bay's controversial property valuation.Posted by Editor at 8:07 AM
GSSC denies tender impropriety
[ IT WEB Johannesburg, 12 March 2008 ] - The Gauteng Shared Services Centre (GSSC) has denied all allegations of impropriety regarding the process through which it awarded the GautengOnline school ICT tender to SMMT Online.Posted by Bernie at 10:19 AM
Navy admiral quits after laptop fraud
[IT WEB Johannesburg, 14 March 2008 ] - An award-winning admiral has resigned from the SA Navy after she was convicted of fraud for reporting a government laptop stolen.Posted by Bernie at 10:00 AM
R2bn GSSC tender questioned
[ ITWEB Johannesburg, 10 March 2008 ] - A R2 billion GautengOnline education project is shrouded in controversy, amid speculation of irregularities during the evaluation and awarding of the tender.Posted by Bernie at 10:14 AM