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ANA reports that the Democratic Alliance (DA) advised on Wednesday that irregular Gauteng hospital security contracts worth R650 million annually that were awarded in 2014 have been extended on a month by month basis for three years.
The DA's shadow MEC for health in Gauteng, Jack Bloom, said the revelation came from a written response to his questions in the legislature from health MEC Bandile Masuku. "The security contracts were awarded in October 2014 for a two year period, but instead of advertising for new contracts to start in October 2016 the old contracts have been extended every month since then. This is despite the fact that a forensic audit found irregularities and criminal charges were laid against the chairperson of the bid evaluation committee that awarded the contracts. Furthermore, the auditor-general last year criticised the renewed contracts as irregular expenditure," Bloom indicated. He added that the extensions were in breach of Treasury regulations which stipulated that extended contracts should not increase in price by more than 15%.
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