The first special audit report on flood relief funds for the 2022 flooding in KwaZulu Natal and the Eastern Cape, presented today before the portfolio Committee on Cooperative Governance by the Auditor General’s (A-G) office, confirmed what we have always suspected – there was gross manipulation of procurement processes to favor pre-selected suppliers, some of whom were not even qualified to do the job. Since the A-G did not mention the suppliers who fraudulently benefited from the manipulated tender processes, the DA will be submitting a PAIA application to the A-G’s office requesting a list of the offending suppliers. Once we secure a list of these offenders, the DA will approach national Treasury requesting that they be placed on the database of restricted suppliers.
OFM News previously reported that out of 11 treatment plants, only 3 are working, and of the 56 pump stations in the municipality, only 4 are working. The council declared Matjhabeng a disaster and.