Five companies received more than R1bn in irregular contracts pertaining to corruption at Tembisa Tertiary Hospital, which had been highlighted in a report compiled by slain whistle-blower Babita Deokaran.
Three companies with secret ties to front company kingpin Stefan Govindraju bid against one another for a lucrative Tembisa Hospital deal - the tainted contract now linked to a R440-million tender extraction syndicate.
Front company kingpin Stefan Govindraju - who controls a tender extraction network which bled R440 million from Tembisa Hospital - has been linked to more shady state suppliers, with worrying signals that the contract feeding frenzy stretches into other hospitals.
The Special Investigating Unit recommended Tembisa Hospital tender kingpins Hangwani Maumela and Stefan Govindraju – whose companies landed contracts worth R775 million in less than two years - face prosecution for fraud.
Investigations by the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) on the corruption at Tembisa Hospital has revealed that four individuals enjoyed contracts worth over R1bn in tenders during the Covid-19 period at the facility.