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Ledla wants Constitutional Court to rule against Special Tribunal

Ledla Structural Development wants Constitutional Court to rule against Special Tribunal, arguing it is ‘overly influenced and controlled’.

SIU still to recover R14m more from Diko company Ledla over dodgy PPE tender SIU head Andy Mothibi Mothibi told Scopa that evidence was being destroyed as it investigated PPE fraud. File picture. Image: Freddy Mavunda The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) still has to recover R14m from Ledla Structural, money which was irregularly awarded through a R139m personal protective equipment (PPE) contract by the Gauteng health department. Though the SIU had managed to stop R100m f...

Gauteng Premier David Makhura has succeeded in persuading the Special Tribunal to amend parts of an affidavit which implicated him in personal protective equipment (PPE) procurement irregularities. A judgment handed down by the Special Tribunal on Tuesday states that Makhura was correct in asserting that he did not provide names of companies which received PPE contracts and that it was the premier’s office instead that had been accused of this. “I have, on receipt of the premier’s applica...

Getty Images The controversial Gauteng PPE tender awarded to Ledla Structural Development and three others has been set aside, reviewed and cancelled. A tribunal ruled that money held in the bank accounts of Ledla Structural Development, Rhulani Mboweni Lehong and Kgodisho Norman Lehong be forfeited to the State. Judge Billy Mothle has also ruled that an interim interdict prohibiting the payment of pension and retirement benefits to  former CFO Kabelo Mantsu Lehloenya be extended. The contro...