Dodgy PPE tender: Court grants preservation order against luxury vehicle bought for govt official

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The Eastern Cape High Court in East London has granted the Asset Forfeiture Unit (AFU) a preservation order against a vehicle that was bought for a senior provincial education department official, allegedly as gratification for awarding a tender. The tender was for the supply of personal protective equipment (PPE).

The order was made against the Mercedes-Benz V-Class, which was purchased through an elaborate scheme involving three deals initiated with a payment of R328 000 paid by the supplier, Sigqibo Makupula of Kups Trading, towards the purchase of the vehicle for the provincial department's chief director for supply chain management, Marius Harmse.

National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) spokesperson, Luxolo Tyali, said Harmse was responsible for the department that signed off on the tender, which resulted in Makupula being paid R4 million by the Eastern Cape Department of Education (ECDOE) on 31 August 2020.

Dodgy PPE tender: Court grants preservation order against luxury vehicle bought for govt official | News24

The Eastern Cape High Court in East London has granted the Asset Forfeiture Unit a preservation order against a vehicle that was bought for a senior provincial education department official, allegedly as gratification for awarding a tender.

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Almost always this one is the culprit. Know 2 people in a "reputed" company who vanished - one fine day, their mail address was taken out of system, their desk was empty and no one talked about them. One of these guys was praised to the limit by all heads just a month ago.

At times, it is CFO.

the provincial department's chief director for supply chain management, Marius Harmse.

 

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Wonderful
Out of R2.9 billion missing, this recovery of money that wasn’t stolen from taxpayers will make a huge dent.

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[TheChamp]

Almost always this one is the culprit. Know 2 people in a "reputed" company who vanished - one fine day, their mail address was taken out of system, their desk was empty and no one talked about them. One of these guys was praised to the limit by all heads just a month ago.

At times, it is CFO.

Small fish of big fish?

 

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Small fish of big fish?

Only Zumas, Guptas and Cyril counts as big fish.