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Aggrieved Contractors Block NW Public Works Head Office With Burning Tyres

Aggrieved service providers have rampaged against the North West Department of Public Works and Roads, accusing officials of meddling in procurement processes to secure tenders for politically connected individuals. They blocked the entrance to the department’s head office in Mahikeng on Thursday, January 18, with burning tyres and prevented employees from accessing the premises. Insiders… Continue reading Aggrieved Contractors Block NW Public Works Head Office With Burning Tyres

AG Flags NW Public Works’ R689M Irregular, Wasteful Expenditure

A North West government delegation led by Acting Premier Nono Maloyi on a walkabout on the Nelson Mandela Drive in Mahikeng on June 28, 2023. The delegation, which included Public Works and Roads MEC Saliva Gaoage Molapisi and HOD Moss Kgantsi, met with contractor Khosi Vuyo Logistics and announced an intervention to fast-track the project.

The Auditor-General (AG) has lifted the lid on the North West Department of Public Works and Roads’ poor management of taxpayers’ money and flagged its flagrant disregard for the law, accountability and policies. According to the AG’s 2022/2023 financial year report, the department incurred irregular, wasteful, and fruitless expenditure of R689 million, and underspent the… Continue reading AG Flags NW Public Works’ R689M Irregular, Wasteful Expenditure

Armed Contractors Bay For North-West HOD’s Blood

Aggrieved service providers have rampaged against the North West Department of Public Works and Roads, accusing HOD Moss Kgantsi and other officials of meddling in procurement processes to secure tenders for politically connected individuals.

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… Continue reading Armed Contractors Bay For North-West HOD’s Blood

Farmers Up In Arms Against ‘Arrogant’ Ndhuna

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… Continue reading Farmers Up In Arms Against ‘Arrogant’ Ndhuna

North West Tender Declared Unlawful, Set Aside

North West Department of Public Works and Roads HOD Moss Kgantsi and CFO Peter Modika have been implicated in tender fraud and corruption. The SIU has ordered Kgantsi to surrender all documents concerning the Ndhuna Civil Engineering Services tenders.

THE Mahikeng High Court has declared unlawful and set aside a R44m tender awarded by the North West Department of Public Works and Roads for constructing a road at Mmakaunyane village outside Tshwane. African Times reported last month that the department’s adjudication committee, led by Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Peter Modika, had manipulated tender processes… Continue reading North West Tender Declared Unlawful, Set Aside

SIU Weighs In On R134M Ndhuna Tender

The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) is increasingly optimistic in its endeavour to reclaim monies from individuals implicated in dodgy procurement transactions pertaining to South Africa's Covid-19 response initiative.

The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has weighed in on the Ndhuna Civil Engineering Services’ controversial R134 million Khunotswana contract. It has requested all documents related to the tender as part of a planned investigation into fraud and corruption in the North West. In a letter sent to Vuisile Joba Dliso, the chairperson of the North… Continue reading SIU Weighs In On R134M Ndhuna Tender

Contractor Submitted Faulty Documents In R79M Tender

The North West Department of Public Works and Roads was advised to terminate a R47 million awarded to a contractor who had missed schedules before it ballooned to R79 million. This was after the contractor, Khosi Vuyo Logistics, submitted a “faulty” construction programme to the consulting engineers in February this year relating to the refurbishment… Continue reading Contractor Submitted Faulty Documents In R79M Tender

Project-Abandoning Contractor Pleaded Poverty While Cruising In Luxury Cars

The contractor who abandoned projects in North West after pocketing R25 million pleaded poverty while driving to meetings and construction sites in new luxury cars, sources said. According to government officials, civil engineers and business associates, businessman Oberon Sungulani Matsuvuki rocked up for meetings with officials and civil engineers in expensive cars but continued to… Continue reading Project-Abandoning Contractor Pleaded Poverty While Cruising In Luxury Cars

Molapisi Accused Of White-Washing Ndhuna Probe To Defend ‘Tender Corruption’

The North West Department of Public Works and Roads’ bid adjudication committee, chaired by Chief Financial Officer Peter Modika, tampered with procurement processes and changed the rules halfway through to benefit a preferred contractor that had no work experience. HOD Moss Kgantsi appointed the company, MM Industries PTY Ltd.

North West Public Works and Roads MEC Gaoage Molapisi has been accused of orchestrating a plot to white-wash the R134 million Ndhuna Civil Engineering Service report and clear the contractor and officials at the centre of the alleged tender fraud and corruption. Sources, including civil servants, engineers and businessmen, said Molapisi’s decision to order an… Continue reading Molapisi Accused Of White-Washing Ndhuna Probe To Defend ‘Tender Corruption’