The scathing report looks into how the Guptas captured SA’s defence manufacturer Denel through the procurement of the Gauteng-based defence manufacturing company VR Laser in 2014.
Justice Zondo said it was improper for Denel to approach VR Laser to reduce its tendered price without giving other tenderers a chance to revise their bids; to sideline and then override Denel officials who were against the awarding of the contract because of the flawed process; to accept the criticisms of other competitors’ capacity to perform without giving them an opportunity to deal with those criticisms; not to start the tender process afresh once the flaws in the process were pointed out;...
“Saloojee was appointed the GCEO of Denel with effect from January 16 2012 for a fixed term ending on January 31 2015, but renewable thereafter by agreement. When the Guptas, through Essa, called Saloojee to his first meeting with them at their Saxonwold compound shortly after his appointment, their penetration into the SA public and commercial life was relatively well known.
Zondo said that despite Saloojee “fobbing” off the family, the Guptas continued to apply pressure on Saloojee through Essa to meet them. “The Guptas began their relationship with Saloojee by demonstrating to him that they had access to Gigaba. He was told more than once by Essa that approval of the approach to him [Saloojee] by the Guptas had been sanctioned at the very top.”
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