The R40 million project was found to have been irregular and the Department of Public Works and the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) are trying to recover funds from the contractors.
A SPECIAl tribunal has reserved judgment in the R40 million Beitbridge border fence case where the SIU wants payment to the two companies that won the now-contested tender to be withheld.
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Cancelling agreements with the contractors responsible for the poorly built Beitbridge border fence comes with a litany of administrative blockages and could see the public works department pay costly penalties.
The Department of Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI) is reviewing the current contracts, on a sample basis, of the contractors: Magwa Construction and Profteam CC. There’s more to this story Subscribe to News24 and get access to our
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Public works tables ‘solutions’ to botched Beitbridge border fence tender
11 May 2021
The fence cost taxpayers R37-million and was described by public works minister Patricia de Lille earlier this year as “not fit for purpose”. (Phil Magakoe/AFP)
The department of public works and infrastructure told the standing committee on public accounts (Scopa) on Tuesday that plans were afoot to issue tenders as part of solutions to adequately fence and secure the country’s borders.
This follows the dismal failure of the 40km razor wire Beitbridge border fence that was erected as a division between South Africa and Zimbabwe at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic.