The Special Investigating Unit promotes itself as “the state’s preferred and trusted forensic investigation and litigation agency”. But the unit’s officials stand accused of making the elementary mistake of misreading a tender adjudication document in its probe of the Eastern Cape health department’s tender to procure 100 motorcycles to service rural clinics.
Almost a year after the Eastern Cape health department implemented its controversial plan to procure scooter ‘ambulances’ using Covid-19 disaster funding, the Special Tribunal has ordered that the contract must be reviewed and set aside – but the owner of Fabkomp, the company that won the.
The director of Fabkomp (Pty) Ltd, the company awarded the Eastern Cape scooter ambulance contract, has threatened to sue the Special Investigating Unit for defamation.
Scootergate cost Eastern Cape company R100m in stalled deals, says MD Motorcycle sidecar manufacturer Fabkomp blames SIU for getting its facts wrong PREMIUM By Ted Keenan and Bonisile Ndaliso - 04 May 2021
Eastern Cape motorcycle sidecar manufacturer Fabkomp lost more than R100m in deals that stalled, allegedly due to the so-called “Scootergate”, company MD Brian Harmse claimed.
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