Arrest made following dodgy R500 000 Health Department tender probe
Kwenzani Ndabeni was taken into custody on Wednesday in connection with alleged tender fraud relating to Northern Cape hospital renovations,
The Directorate for Priority Crime Investigations, (DCIP) – better known as the Hawks – have made an arrest relating to an investigation into claims that the Northern Cape Department of Health has been defrauded to the tune of nearly R500 000.
A dodgy tender awarded to a company that promised to supply vinyl sheeting to the Kuruman Hospital was probed after irregularities within the contract were discovered last year, with several employees from the department arrested in November 2021.
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Shocked family finds human remains days after authorities cleared scene of deadly shack fire
By Boipelo Mere
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Kimberley - Several days after three people, including two young children, burnt to death in a shack, family members had to remove more human remains even though the police and forensic experts cleared the scene.
According to family members of the three victims, they suffered further trauma when they were forced to pick up the remains of their loved ones at the burnt shack in Snake Park.
Matlakala Sekgoro, 30, and her two sons, Kitso, 5, and Boikhutlo, 3, died in the fire seven days ago.
Unions call for acting Northern Cape Health HOD to be suspended after arrest
By Sandi Kwon Hoo
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Kimberley - Unions are calling for the immediate suspension of the acting HOD of the Northern Cape Department of Health, Dr Dion Theys, after he appeared in court this week on charges of contravening the Public Finance Management Act.
The charges relate to lease agreements for accommodation for nursing students, amounting to R96 million, that were concluded with the JP Hugo residence in 2014.
Theys was granted bail of R30 000 in the Kimberley Regional Court on Wednesday.
The provincial secretary of the Democratic Nursing Organisation of SA (Denosa), Anthony Vassen, said that Theys was not fit to hold office at the Department of Health after being implicated in “such serious charges”.
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