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Construction of a wall along is seen along the KwaZulu-Natal-Mozambique border.
The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has welcomed the Special Tribunal’s ruling which set aside the R85 million tender awarded to ISF Shula Joint Venture for the construction of a wall along the KwaZulu-Natal-Mozambique border.
The commissioning of the wall followed concerns of heightened crime at the border including the movement of stolen and hijacked vehicles into Mozambique.
The SIU’s probe found that the Joint Venture submitted fraudulent documents, failed to meet mandatory requirements and left the project incomplete despite receiving R85 million.
The company has been ordered to repay all profits it derived from the contract.
SIU Spokesperson, Selby Makgotho, says: “On the grounds of review, when we made the application, amongst others, we found that there were quite a number of irregularities, including the fraudulent submission of compliance certificate, the letter of spending that was not in compliance with the regulator’s Provision Bureau, and ultimately the money that were paid when the service in question had not been rendered, meeting the requirement. So, all these things ultimately, we found that the money that had been paid were not supposed to be paid. And as such, the order grants that in the next 30 days certain actions must have been taken place, including taking disciplinary action as part of consequence management.”
