Trust ordered to pay back R3m profit made from irregular tender 16 March 2021 - 17:18 Image: 123RF/ LE MOAL OLIVIER The high court in Makhanda (Grahamstown) has ordered four trustees of the Siegesmund Trust to pay back R3m earned in a 2014 procurement deal that was deemed to be unlawfully and irregularly awarded. The order followed an investigation by the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) into the awarding of a R59m tender to Siegesmund for the delivery and supply of computers as pupil/teacher support material by the Eastern Cape education department. The SIU investigation revealed the goods concerned were procured unlawfully and irregularly.