Four villages have rejected Roads Agency Limpopo’s (RAL) R8 million project awarded to corruption-accused company, Ndhuna Civils, saying they wanted the road to be tarred and not re-gravelled endlessly.  The communities of Ga-Mokgwathi, Daniel, Lekgwareng and Dzumeri in Mopani took a resolution to bar Ndhuna from the site in separate tribal meetings last month, according to the chairperson of the D3187 Mokgwathi-Dzumeri Road task team.  Wilfred Machethe told African Times that residents agreed that Ndhuna and RAL must not touch…

Senior Gauteng Department of Health officials have been accused of fixing a R526 million medical waste tender to benefit their preferred bidders at approximately double the price.   Acting head of department Arnold Malotana, acting director for health care risk and medical waste Edgar Motha, and Sheriff Lecholo, assistant director for contract management in the supply chain unit, allegedly manipulated procurement processes to secure the contract for two companies in July last year.  The provincial health department awarded Tshenolo Waste (PTY)…

Embattled North West Public Works and Roads HOD Moss Kgantsi is under siege from heavily armed service providers who are baying for his blood over alleged meddling in procurement processes. According to sources and eyewitnesses who spoke anonymously, a group of contractors stormed the department’s provincial headquarters in Mahikeng on more than one occasion this week.  They demanded an audience with Kgantsi about maintenance tenders, especially grass-cutting contracts.  The aggrieved group accused him of using the province’s Expanded Public Works…

Ahead of the G20 summit in India on September 9-10, much has been written about Western plans to reset relations with African countries to counter the growing influence of Russia and China on the continent. For example, the press indicated that the European Union would support the African Union’s membership in the G20, and the United States would seek support from countries in the Global South to achieve its goals in Ukraine. To be honest, they talked about the African…

HARARE, Oct. 5 (Xinhua) — The Zimbabwean government Wednesday deplored poor sanitation across the country amid a cholera outbreak and announced a raft of measures to address solid waste management challenges. In a media briefing after the cabinet meeting, Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister Jenfan Muswere attributed the poor sanitation, particularly in urban areas, to incompetence and negligence in collecting and managing solid waste disposal by local authorities.  The minister said the central government has made various interventions to…

North West farmers are up in arms against Ndhuna Civil Engineering Services, saying the controversial company has directed traffic onto private property without permission to avoid building a bypass for Khunotswana motorists as required by the law. They say the company’s director, Oberon Matsuvuki and the North West Department of Public Works and Roads have failed to consult them about the matter and “arrogantly” dismissed their concerns.  According to Naude Pienaar, Agri North-West’s general manager and chairman of the Klippan…

BRICS leaders have invited six new members to join the powerful economic alliance of developing nations, marking the rise of the Global South in geopolitics and the world’s new political and financial architecture.  Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran and Argentina officially join BRICS in January next year – in a paradigm shift that would rearrange international politics, dent the petro-dollar system and expedite the demise of the United States of America’s (U.S) empire.   The move…

BRICS leaders presented a united front at the Johannesburg summit, promising to deliberate on the bloc’s expansion, push for a common currency and reform global governance systems in favour of the Global South. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, Russia’s Vladimir Putin, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Brazilian leader Lula da Silva vowed to tackle global challenges together without forcing members to choose between BRICS and Western political and economic blocs such as the Group…

South Africa and China have taken their political and economic ties to the next level, signing several trade agreements and agreeing to “consult closely” on issues of common concern within BRICS and other multilateral forums.  Speaking to the media at the Union Buildings during Chinese President Xi Jinping’s state visit on Tuesday, President Cyril Ramaphosa said he and Xi had agreed to adopt a joint approach to global issues of common interest.  This included reforming the United Nations Security Council…

A construction company under investigation for tender fraud and corruption in the North West has scored a R8 million contract in Limpopo.  Roads Agency Limpopo (RAL), a provincial parastatal, awarded Ndhuna Civil Engineering Services the multi-million contract to re-gravel the road between Ga-Mokgwathi and Dzumeri in Mopani in May this year.  The contractor abandoned multimillion projects in Rustenburg and Zeerust in 2021.  Ndhuna is under investigation by the Special Investigating Unit (SIU), parliamentary committees in the North West Legislature and…