Neighbours and a hostel dweller cashed in on R431m tenders Company details reveal shocking info on owners suspected of Covid-19 graft 28 May 2021 - 10:36 By Lindile Sifile and Isaac Mahlangu A worker in protective gear disinfects a classroom at Groenvlei High in Cape Town in 2020. Image: Esa Alexander
Some of the owners of the companies that benefited from R431m worth of contracts to “deep clean” and decontaminate Gauteng schools and whose assets have been seized are registered as neighbours in an exclusive Johannesburg estate while another is a hostel dweller.
Sowetan has established that at least three companies that benefited from the contracts belong to two individuals boasting Dainfern Golf Estate addresses. The secure 320ha luxury residential complex is situated in the north of Johannesburg.
The Special Investigating Unit has been granted an order to freeze R40.7m worth of assets belonging to 14 companies, after its investigation into allegations of ‘unlawful procurement of services’ by the Gauteng Department of Education to decontaminate schools.