KZN education finance manager keeps job despite suspended PPE jail sentence: SIU investigations found the official was linked to two companies that received more than R4m worth of tenders from the education department.
SIU investigations found the official was linked to two companies that received more than R4m worth of tendersA KwaZulu-Natal department of education official has been convicted of a crime related to personal protective equipment. File photo.A recently sentenced finance manager who failed to disclose links he had with a company that received a R1.
Special Investigating Unit investigations found in 2020 Mhlongo failed to inform the department he had an interest in a PPE service provider which had secured two contracts for the supply and delivery of spray pumps to the value of more than R1.2m from the department. He was convicted for contravention of the Public Administration Management Act.
Mahlambi said the department welcomed the judgment, adding “this will serve as a deterrent to other officials that such acts will not go unpunished”.Mhlongo was linked to the Bulum Trading company that received two PPE contracts worth R1.2m., the company scored a tender for R586,500 for supplying 300 16-litre spray pumps at a cost of R1,955 each.SIU spokesperson Kaiser Kganyago told TimesLIVE Mhlongo was also linked to a company named Amakhono Capital.
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