Parliament's human settlements portfolio committee on Wednesday called for the prosecution and recovery of 'ill-gotten money arising from the wanton disregard' of procurement processes related to various projects connected to emergency Covid-19 temporary shelters in Limpopo, the Eastern Cape and Mpumalanga.
“The committee is concerned by the misrepresentation and fraud related to the project but welcomed the process to recover the R2,577,640 already paid to the company. Furthermore, the committee has highlighted the need for the urgent processing of the process to place the company on a database of restricted suppliers so that it is prohibited from getting further contracts from the state,” it said.“Furthermore, these structures are unsafe and pose a public health and safety hazard to inhabitants.
In the Eastern Cape the procurement of R300m worth of temporary housing projects from four companies was tagged as emergency procurement.“The committee is also concerned that at the end of the investigation only 346 units out of 1,800 units were built. The committee welcomes the decision that the SIU is preparing a civil litigation process to cancel the contracts,” the committee said.
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