The SIU on Thursday obtained an order freezing about R36m worth of assets that it said are the proceeds of corrupt Covid-19 PPE contracts between the proxy company and the Gauteng health department.
The SIU on Thursday obtained an order freezing about R36m worth of assets that it said are the proceeds of corrupt Covid-19 PPE contracts between the proxy company, Ledla Structural Development, and the Gauteng health department.
The interim freezing order was obtained in the Special Tribunal in the absence of those implicated. They will have a chance to tell the court their side of the story in October when the court will decide whether to make the order a final and permanent one. This was true, she said, but a fresh contract was awarded to Ledla"simply as a stratagem to make the false representation that Royal Bhaca was no longer contracted to [the health department]. Payments were then made by [the department] to Ledla instead of Royal Bhaca.
She said the two contracts were"almost identical", with items and quantities that were"exactly the same". The letter that awarded the contract to Ledla on May 20 was in fact also sent to Diko in an e-mail from Gauteng health chief financial officer Kabelo Lehloenya, who referred in the e-mail to an"amended commitment letter".
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