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Emfuleni municipality forensic report highlights R1bn in extensive looting
The municipality allegedly paid another dealership for the services instead of the one with which the municipality had a service level agreement.
A forensic investigation report into tender irregularities in Emfuleni local municipality in the Vaal has blown the lid on the extent of the rot and looting, with current and former managers fingered in massive tender irregularities.
The progress report, by forensic investigation and risk management firm Comperio, which The Citizen has seen, has fingered at least 31 senior managers in tender irregularities running into more than R1 billion in 15 red-flagged tenders.
The largest irregular expenditure noted in the report, sent to the Emfuleni chief financial officer, Andile Dyakala, more than a week ago, is the extension of a security tender without following due process, which allegedly ended up costing the battling municipality more than R108.9 million.
However, said Dyakala, the report had materially changed, and noted he had been receiving monthly progress reports from the forensic investigation firm since they were appointed to probe tender irregularities in November last year.
“I hope someone that leaked it knows that. I spoke to the MD of Comperio about the draft report which is in the public domain, while not final,” Dyakala said.
He gave no indication as to when the final report would be released, or how the reports differed, citing “confidentiality”, but not saying why. Though the extension was not approved by the bid adjudication committee, a former senior manager at the municipality informed the security company of the extension.
The “draft” forensic investigation report noted that, based on the invoice analysis, it appeared as if the security company inflated and duplicated invoices.
“Duplicate payments to the amount of R349,162.53 were identified and need to be recovered. A fixed fee of R4.6 million per month was payable to (the security company) in terms of the contract concluded with the service provider.
MORE : https://citizen.co.za/news/south-af...-report-highlights-r1bn-in-extensive-looting/
Emfuleni municipality forensic report highlights R1bn in extensive looting
The municipality allegedly paid another dealership for the services instead of the one with which the municipality had a service level agreement.
A forensic investigation report into tender irregularities in Emfuleni local municipality in the Vaal has blown the lid on the extent of the rot and looting, with current and former managers fingered in massive tender irregularities.
The progress report, by forensic investigation and risk management firm Comperio, which The Citizen has seen, has fingered at least 31 senior managers in tender irregularities running into more than R1 billion in 15 red-flagged tenders.
The largest irregular expenditure noted in the report, sent to the Emfuleni chief financial officer, Andile Dyakala, more than a week ago, is the extension of a security tender without following due process, which allegedly ended up costing the battling municipality more than R108.9 million.
However, said Dyakala, the report had materially changed, and noted he had been receiving monthly progress reports from the forensic investigation firm since they were appointed to probe tender irregularities in November last year.
“I hope someone that leaked it knows that. I spoke to the MD of Comperio about the draft report which is in the public domain, while not final,” Dyakala said.
He gave no indication as to when the final report would be released, or how the reports differed, citing “confidentiality”, but not saying why. Though the extension was not approved by the bid adjudication committee, a former senior manager at the municipality informed the security company of the extension.
The “draft” forensic investigation report noted that, based on the invoice analysis, it appeared as if the security company inflated and duplicated invoices.
“Duplicate payments to the amount of R349,162.53 were identified and need to be recovered. A fixed fee of R4.6 million per month was payable to (the security company) in terms of the contract concluded with the service provider.
MORE : https://citizen.co.za/news/south-af...-report-highlights-r1bn-in-extensive-looting/
..... you get what you vote for, enjoy the squalor.
