DA Gauteng calls for probe into R350 million tender awarded to ex-govt employee

The Democratic Alliance (DA) in Gauteng is asking questions after the provincial government awarded a former employee an R350 million accommodation tender.

The tender relates to the accommodation of 6,000 crime prevention wardens, an initiative of the Nasi Ispani programme.

This is contained in a legislature response by the Gauteng government to a question from DA shadow finance MEC Adrianna Randall.

In the response by the Gauteng Department for Economic Development, it said that it paid R350 million to Solani Accountants – a company registered under Solani Mthethwa.

Mthethwa is the former general manager of Dinokeng Tourism, a state-owned company under the Gauteng government.

The department said the money was for a facility where the 6,000 crime prevention wardens were being accommodated during their four months of training.

In another legislature response, the department paid over half a million to two companies registered under Mthethwa for accommodation and consultancy work.

Randall said these transactions and the officials involved in them should be subjected to an investigation.

-EWN

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