NW Scopa demands action after tourism department spends R4.4m on boom gate

[schumi]

RUSTENBURG - The North West department of tourism spent R4.4 million on a boom gate system and R3.4 million on a fence at the Taung Hotel School it bought for R5 million, the provincial standing committee on public accounts (Scopa) said on Monday.

"It is inexplicable on how the construction of just the gate and the fence is over the amount that the hotel was bought for. Someone must be held accountable as there is also poor workmanship at the project," committee chairperson Job Dliso said.

The Independent Development Trust also warned the department on escalation of the prices yet it failed on their oversight," Dliso said.

He said the irregularities at the unfinished project were worrying as the prices escalated without any concurrence with provincial treasury.

This was revealed at the Public Finance Management Act public hearings for the 2018/19 audit reports.

Dliso wants National Treasury's Anti-Corruption Task Team to probe this irregular expenditure.

The department also admitted that it spent more than R3.5 million on renovations at the unused donated Orkney Game Academy building. The building was donated by AngloGold Ashanti mine in 2015.

More at: https://www.iol.co.za/news/south-af...-department-spends-r44m-on-boom-gate-36664423

 

[Acid0]

Can we see this so called boom it might be manned by Zuma himself as far as we know.

 

[Gaz{M}]

And these ****ing thieves tell us they want to tax more and borrow more for **** like this. Hell no, voetsek.

 

[ToxicBunny]

Hold on, why the fsck is the department buying a Hotel School in the arse end of fscking nowhere in the first place?

And wants someone to be hold accountable? No NW SCOPA, the way you should be playing this out is laying criminal charges against the MEC and DG for that department...

 

[RaptorSA]

Well, as Ramap0es said regarding this type of corruption irregularity:
"And we say – that too has to wait. That to has to wait for the process that we have got embedded in our laws and our constitution."

So there might not be any corruption irregularity here at all. Might just be a really cool boomgate.
Gotta wait for the process to complete.
Wait and wait and f0kken wait.

 

[HunterNW]

Why's Rustenburg mentioned ? This "school" is no where close.

 

[ponder]

"It is inexplicable on how the construction of just the gate and the fence is over the amount that the hotel was bought for. Someone must be held accountable as there is also poor workmanship at the project," committee chairperson Job Dliso said.

No it's not you idiot it's very simple, inflated tenders for cadres is what it is. You of all people should know how things work.

 

[RaptorSA]

Why's Rustenburg mentioned ? This "school" is no where close.

Janee f0k weet...



Do yourself a favour and go through the pictures of that place on Google maps.
I can't think of a single black African stereotype that's not been represented.

This is one of my favourites.
Classy place.

 

[borro]

Gonna need more taxes soon.

 

[maumau]

Janee f0k weet...

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Do yourself a favour and go through the pictures of that place on Google maps.
I can't think of a single black African stereotype that's not been represented.

This is one of my favourites.
Classy place.

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Talking about Taung? Hell yeah! Grabbed this pic there

 

[ToxicBunny]

R4.4m for a boom gate seems fair then...

Have to transport the stuff from a real town...

 

[AstroTurf]

Janee f0k weet...

The food looks crap.

 

[grok]

Reminds me of that old joke..

How many rands does it take to install a boom gate in South Africa?

 

[schumi]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1193231455591247872

Also not included in the clip is claims that the quote was for a fence around the whole premises but was not done and its only use is school children visiting for outings

 

[Mephisto_Helix]

These feel good stories are always missing from those poephol #imstaying type groups

Funny how often 'money is needed' for stuff while millions keeps being funneled to comrades