Every administration in Tshwane failed to make headway with the dysfunctional Rooiwal Water Treatment Plant mainly because of the combination of a lack of political will and the deep tentacles of the criminal underworld, writes former executive mayor of Tshwane, Stevens Mokgalapa.
One of the Tshwane managers accused of irregularly awarding a contract to corruption-accused businessman Edwin Sodi was found by the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) to have been involved in the awarding of a dodgy catering tender at the height of the Covid-19.
The quality of water provided to the cholera-hit Hammanskraal would have improved to acceptable levels a year ago had its water treatment contract been awarded to a suitable firm and work completed according to plan.
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