Supply chain rules ignored in awarding multimillion rand asbestos tender, former Free State official admits. StateCaptureInquiry
Mokhesi took the stand after his legal representative, advocate Dali Mpofu, failed to convince Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo that his testimony should be postponed.
At the time, Blackhead was one of eight companies that were appointed to assess asbestos roofing in government houses in Gauteng. The company was paid over R200 million to assess 250 000 housing units for asbestos. Mokhesi, as the accounting officer at the Free State Department of Human Settlements, faced tough questions over his oversight role which saw the Blackhead and Diamond Hill joint venture being appointed.
These documents cite how government entities should handle unsolicited bidders, namely that they should be proposing a service that is new and innovative and it should be cost-effective.
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