The Special Investigating Unit has been granted an order to freeze R7.9m held in the accounts of a service provider and contractor who won tenders from the Gauteng health department to refurbish the AngloGold Ashanti Hospital near Carletonville.
The Special Investigating Unit has been granted an order to freeze R7.9m held in the accounts of a service provider and contractor.The Special Investigating Unit has been granted an order to freeze R7.9m held in the accounts of a service provider and contractor appointed by the Gauteng health department to refurbish the AngloGold Ashanti Hospital near Carletonville.
Kganyago said the tribunal order prohibits the service provider and contractor “from dealing in any manner with the money held in the bank accounts pending the final review proceedings to be instituted by the SIU within 60 days of the date of the order. “The SIU was, in terms of Proclamation No R.23 of 2020, directed by President Cyril Ramaphosa to investigate allegations of corruption, malpractice, maladministration and irregularities in the procurement of and contracting for goods, works and/or services during the Covid-19 state of disaster, and in respect of resulting payments.” only 80 of the 181 beds were handed over because two of the three hospital wings were yet to reach standards of compliance.
The renovations included removing asbestos roofing, adding air-conditioning and water tanks, building a mortuary, creating a waste area and adding partitions to the hospital. More ablution facilities had to be added, along with showers, kitchens, sluice rooms, office spaces, donning and docking areas. They also had to create waiting areas and administration blocks.
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