Electrical contractor Pholobas Projects claims it lost out on contracts after it was sidelined from tender applications by an allegedly corrupt official.
Fireworks are expected on Monday when the trial against former eThekwini mayor Zandile Gumede and 21 others, charged with racketeering, fraud and corruption relating to a R320m city waste contract, is expected to begin.
The trial against former eThekwini mayor Zandile Gumede and 21 others, charged with racketeering, fraud and corruption relating to R320m spent by the city on an “illegal” Durban Solid Waste contract, is going nowhere fast.
Durban’s ratepayers will have to fork out more than R30m to an electrical company which claimed it lost out on contracts after it was “blacklisted” from any tenders at the behest of an allegedly crooked official.