EWN reports that according to the Special Investigating Unit (SIU), three former Western Cape municipal officials have been ordered by the Special Tribunal to pay back R400,000 lost by the Matzikama Local Municipality in an irregular Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) tender.
An SIU probe revealed that the trio allegedly colluded in April 2020 with a service provider, Duneco operated by Nicolaas Jacobus Klazen, for procurement of Covid-19 personal protective equipment (PPE) without following proper procedures. The accused are Matzikama's former acting municipal manager Aldrick Hendricks, Covid-19 coordinator Isak Jenner and acting chief financial officer Jafta Booysen. Hendricks and Booysen are now employed as municipal managers at Prince Albert and Laingsburg Local Municipalities, respectively. SIU spokesperson Kaizer Kganyago said Klatzen and the municipal officials were due back in court next month for fraud charges relating to the PPE tender.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Ntuthuzelo Nene at EWN
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