The City of Tshwane has welcomed a High Court judgment setting aside the Rooiwal Wastewater Treatment Plant tender to corruption-accused Edwin Sodi’s company, Blackhead Consulting.
The High Court in Pretoria found that the awarding of the 2019 multimillion-rand tender did not comply with legal and procedural requirements.
It ordered that Sodi’s companies and their joint venture pay back profits of the R292 million tender.
The SIU had found irregularities in the appointment of the contractor.
In 2022, the City of Tshwane terminated the contract after the contractor abandoned the site.
Edwin Sodi and his joint venture have been ordered to repay the City of Tshwane profits made from the failed million rand Rooiwal Wastewater Treatment Plant.
CMS Water Engineering, together with Sodi’s companies, NJR projects and Blackhead Consulting, formed part of a consortium that was awarded a tender to upgrade a water treatment plant meant to supply clean water to the people of Hammanskraal.
The High Court will determine the profit amount to be repaid to the City following submission of expenses by the Consortium within 60 days.
