City Press reports that two high-ranking police officers, a married couple in KwaZulu-Natal, were fired after being found guilty of corruption and defeating the ends of justice in connection with a R330,000 tender.
Colonel Ivan Pillay, provincial head of procurement, and his wife, Captain Soni Pillay, who headed procurement at Chatsworth police station, rigged tender processes to benefit their preferred contractor. The meddling of the couple in the tender to erect a barbed wire fence at the Chatsworth station resulted in the sidelining of a contractor who quoted R249,000 in favour of a supplier who charged R330,000. It was discovered that the couple removed the quotation of the contractor who had quoted the lower amount from the system and instructed junior staff members to deny ever receiving the tender document. The Pillays were charged in February this year and bruoght before a disciplinary hearing that commenced in March. They were found guilty on 30 April and dismissed on 9 May. The provincial SAPS human resources department confirmed the couple’s dismissal and noted that their salaries and benefits had been terminated from 19 May.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Sipho Mabena at City Press (subscription / trial registration required)
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