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The report on the health department’s dodgy R150-million Digital Vibes tender, which benefited Health Minister Zweli Mkhize but then got him put on special leave, was handed to President Cyril Ramaphosa by the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) as scheduled on 30 June. That’s on public record.  What hasn’t been on public record, until Tuesday’s meeting of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts (Scopa), was that more information was added to that report on 2 July. “The Presidency cou...

DPWI adds DG Vukela on list to be charged with controversial Beitbridge fence By Mayibongwe Maqhina Share Cape Town - Suspended director-general for Public Works and Infrastructure Department Sam Vukela has been added to the list of officials to be charged in connection with the controversial Beitbridge border post fence. In March 2020, Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Patricia de Lille issued a directive to the department to appoint a service provider to use an emergency procurement pr...

Minister De Lille lashes out at ANC MP over Beitbridge fence By Mayibongwe Maqhina Share ANC whip in the Standing Committee on Public Accounts (Scopa) Mervyn Dirks vowed on Tuesday to play his oversight role over the executive. This happened when Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Patricia de Lille accused him of insinuating that she was the cause of corruption at the Beitbridge border post fence, among other things. De Lille was leading her department to give an update on implementation ...

The SSA is vetting supply chain management officials in the Department of Public Works. Vetting of officials started at the departments Bloemfontein office. The Beitbridge border scandal saw millions wasted on a fence, which was often referred to as a washing line. The State Security Agency (SSA) is assisting in scrutinising several supply chain management (SCM) officials in the Department of Public Works regarding the Beitbridge border scandal. The SCM vetting project commenced in the departme...

Hlengwa, who hammered on the slow pace of progress, described the project as a national embarrassment. "A blunder of epic proportions. I would want to shape up very quickly, clean up the mess and restore a semblance of integrity and public dignity. Somehow, we have [to] sit here and be subjected to artificial longwinded processes. This is not the note we wanted to start the year on. Let us not pretend that we are ignorant to the corruption that took place at Beitbridge where things went fundame...