Murray Pitman News Today

An unresolved murder and attempts to silence a whistleblower are at the heart of court drama around eThekwini municipal tenders that has the city in a tailspin.

Ethekwini municipality’s attempt to hand a dubious R30m ‘settlement’ to a tenderpreneur is unravelling thanks to a bungled court case.

Electrical contractor Pholobas Projects claims it lost out on contracts after it was sidelined from tender applications by an allegedly corrupt official.

Durban’s ratepayers will have to fork out more than R30m to an electrical company which claimed it lost out on contracts after it was “blacklisted” from any tenders at the behest of an allegedly crooked official.