Months after a deadly cholera outbreak killed people in Hammanskraal, President Cyril Ramaphosa has directed the Special Investigating Unit to probe a R290 million tender linked to businessman Edwin Sodi that failed to refurbish an essential waste treatment plant in Tshwane.
Ramaphosa signed the proclamation on 12 September, which directs the SIU to probe the R290 million tender, businesses linked to it and municipal officials involved in its awarding.
A recorded number of 23 people died because of the cholera outbreak, whose origins are still unknown, months after the Tshwane metro was thrust into the spotlight. The facility remained derelict despite a R290 million tender issued and awarded to a joint venture linked to controversial businessman Edwin Sodi.
The SIU will also be expected to recover losses suffered by the municipality from the businesses awarded the tender.| Hammanskraal cholera outbreak: Ramaphosa shocked by dilapidated Rooiwal waste treatment plant
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