The Public Protector is to probe tenders awarded to the company SGL Engineering Projects, on whose board ANC Youth League president Julius Malema apparently serves as a director. The tenders include a R2,1-million sewerage upgrade, R39,3-million sewerage reticulation project, and a R27,9-million street paving and
drainage contract, Kgalalelo Masibi, a spokesperson for the Office of the Public Protector, said on Friday . Also under investigation were a R28-million tender for several municipal infrastructure projects and a R2-billion roads tender, she said.
The investigation followed complaints by AfriForum Youth and the Congress of the People. "The Public Protector can only investigate the conduct of public authorities," said Masibi. "The investigation will focus on whether any conduct in the award or management of the contracts in question was improper," she said.
Public Protector advocate Thuli Madonsela earlier said her office had received a number of complaints about alleged tender irregularities in various municipalities across Limpopo. "I have assembled a team to undertake this task. I have also initiated talks with the Auditor General with a view to conduct a joint investigation," she said.
In an interview with the Mail & Guardian this week, Malema was asked if he thought it was fair to ask how he had accumulated his wealth at such a young age. Malema replied: "It's very fair. But write facts. What the media did [showed] it was never interested in the facts. I am not rich. I do not have millions as reported." He said that all his houses had bonds and were financed by banks. "I've never got any lucrative tender from anybody, including the company called SGL. "I live on handouts most of the time. If I don't have food to eat, I can call Cassel Mathale [premier of Limpopo] and say: "Chief, can you help me? I've got nothing here." I can call Thaba Mufamadi, I can call Pule Mabe [ANCYL treasurer general] or Mbalula. They all do the same with me. That's how we have come to relate to each other."
Source: Mail & Guardian
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Saturday, March 27, 2010
Friday, March 12, 2010
ANC hijacks memorial service - shameless politicians deny bereaved families chance to mourn in dignity
POLITICIANS hijacked yesterday’s memorial service for the four pupils killed in Monday’s tragic illegal drag racing incident. Families had to wait almost an hour before proceedings could begin because some of the political dignitaries arrived late for the service scheduled for 2pm.
Families and mourners had to wait inside an unbearably hot community hall in Protea South for the ANC youth and women’s leagues delegations, much to the frustration of pupils. “As the student leaders at Altmont Technical High School we feel sidelined because the politicians have hijacked what for some is the final farewell to our friends, class and schoolmates,” complained Mkhari Ntsako, president of Altmont’s SRC. He was supported by his deputy Musa Bhebotshani.
Programme director Victor Molefe kept chanting “Viva ANC Youth League Viva,” throughout the two-hour proceedings. Towards the end, the ANC Youth Leagues’s Pule Mabe caught wind of the complaints. He told the gathering: “We don’t need permission to send our condolences. We are part of society and the leaders of youth.”
Meanwhile, as the community comforted the bereaved, the Mushwana family sat at their son, Fumani’s, bedside at Chris Hani-Baragwanath Hospital. Fumani’s mother, Bridget, was too emotional to speak when Sowetan contacted her yesterday. She handed the phone to her husband Joel. “We are very tired. We have been up and down between home and the hospital and have hardly rested. It is really taking its strain on my wife,” Mushwana said. He said the family had been in contact with the school staff and the other families that had lost their children. “We have a chaplain who has supported us through this tough time and we will be fine,” Mushwana said.
At Protea South Community Hall, pupils from Almont High School and Jules High School – which the dead pupils had attended – were at the memorial service, as was Gauteng MEC for education Barbara Creecy. Altmont High principal Joe Molefe described one of the boys, Andile Mthombeni, as a “respectful” boy. Fellow pupils told mourners how special their classmates were.
On Wednesday, Molemo Maarohanye and co-accused Themba Tshabalala appeared on murder charges in the Protea magistrate’s court.
Source: The Sowetan
Families and mourners had to wait inside an unbearably hot community hall in Protea South for the ANC youth and women’s leagues delegations, much to the frustration of pupils. “As the student leaders at Altmont Technical High School we feel sidelined because the politicians have hijacked what for some is the final farewell to our friends, class and schoolmates,” complained Mkhari Ntsako, president of Altmont’s SRC. He was supported by his deputy Musa Bhebotshani.
Programme director Victor Molefe kept chanting “Viva ANC Youth League Viva,” throughout the two-hour proceedings. Towards the end, the ANC Youth Leagues’s Pule Mabe caught wind of the complaints. He told the gathering: “We don’t need permission to send our condolences. We are part of society and the leaders of youth.”
Meanwhile, as the community comforted the bereaved, the Mushwana family sat at their son, Fumani’s, bedside at Chris Hani-Baragwanath Hospital. Fumani’s mother, Bridget, was too emotional to speak when Sowetan contacted her yesterday. She handed the phone to her husband Joel. “We are very tired. We have been up and down between home and the hospital and have hardly rested. It is really taking its strain on my wife,” Mushwana said. He said the family had been in contact with the school staff and the other families that had lost their children. “We have a chaplain who has supported us through this tough time and we will be fine,” Mushwana said.
At Protea South Community Hall, pupils from Almont High School and Jules High School – which the dead pupils had attended – were at the memorial service, as was Gauteng MEC for education Barbara Creecy. Altmont High principal Joe Molefe described one of the boys, Andile Mthombeni, as a “respectful” boy. Fellow pupils told mourners how special their classmates were.
On Wednesday, Molemo Maarohanye and co-accused Themba Tshabalala appeared on murder charges in the Protea magistrate’s court.
Source: The Sowetan
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