The part of MTN in a multi-million Rand phone tender agreement which was allegedy illegally transacted will not be forgotten by the SIU.
The Special Tribunal has rejected an application from MTN to excuse it from an ongoing investigation that saw it make R10 million from an alleged dodgy tender deal.
The agreement, which the corruption-busting Special Investigating Unit has been sleuthing out, allegedly saw MTN coin R10 million from the department for the provision of 10 000 mobile phones in a deal that didn’t follow government protocols. The Special Tribunal “dismissed MTN’s exception to the Special Investigating Unit claim with costs, including the costs of two counsels,” the unit said in alast week. 9 588 mobile phones are still unaccounted for, and the SIU is placing the blame on the former head of Limpopo health, Dr Thokozani Florence Mhlongo.“The SIU has instituted a civil action in the Special Tribunal to review and set aside the contract and recover financial losses suffered by the Limpopo Department of Health.
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