Pleasing to see small steps in the right direction.
KZN Health MEC and a BEE company director arrested
KZN Health MEC and a BEE company director arrested
KwaZulu-Natal Health MEC Neliswa Peggy Nkonyeni was arrested on Wednesday and told that she would remain in custody until bail of R10 000 was paid.
She appeared in the Pietermaritzburg Regional Court with accused Lindelihle Mkhwanazi, owner of Rowmoor Investments, a company which won a R1.5m tender from the health department.
He and a third accused, Mduduzi Ntshangase, both of Richards Bay, were also granted bail of R10 000.
The case was adjourned to January 22 for further investigation.
Mammogram machine
Scorpions investigator Clarence Jones alleged in an affidavit that Rowmoor charged the department R1.5m for a mammogram machine - used to scan for breast cancer - which could have been bought for R425 000.