Joburg official nailed for allegedly awarding R18m PPE tenders
By Rapula Moatshe
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Pretoria - A senior official at the City of Joburg Property Company allegedly awarded personal protective equipment (PPE) contracts irregularly, costing the municipality at least R18 million in fruitless and wasteful expenditure last year.
The tender in question was awarded to four companies for deep cleaning and sanitisation services during the national state of disaster in light of the Covid-19 outbreak, according to the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) report.
The report, dated March 29, 2021, stated that the general manager for special projects â identified as Gowrie Sunker â was found to have committed financial misconduct by flouting Section 172 of the Municipal Finance Management Act and disregarded supply chain management policies during a tender-awarding process.
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Botes v City of Joburg Property Company SOC Ltd and Another [2021] 2 BLLR 181 (LC) put it beyond doubt that issues which fall under section 23 of the Constitution, the right to fair labour practices, are governed by the principles of procedural and substantive fairness. Furthermore, the Court indicated that such issues are primarily dealt with through the Labour Relations Act 66 of 1995 ( LRA ). Therefore, when dealing with a dismissal dispute or unfair labour practice the question should be whether the alleged conduct sought to be impugned was proc
Johannesburg Property Company
15 January 2007
Overview
The City of Joburg Property Company (JPC) was established as an independent company mandated by its single shareholder, the City of Johannesburg, to carry out:
Property development;
Property management services; and
All ancillary services to the above.
The main object of the company was defined as being to develop and manage Council-owned properties for the purpose of maximising both social and commercial opportunities for the Council in the short and longer term .
The Johannesburg Property Company has its own website.
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