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The Citizen reports that the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has obtained a preservation order to freeze a luxury property and a vehicle linked to an Eskom employee and his family following an investigation into bribery and corruption.
Intensive investigations revealed that Eskom surveyor and project manager Johannes Seroke Mfalapitsa and his family received about R8 million from companies unlawfully favoured in a tender valued at R54 million. The Special Tribunal granted an order preventing Mfalapitsa, his wife Ndiyafhi Denge and others from selling or dealing with a luxury property valued at R3.9 million in Bendor, Polokwane, and a Nissan NP200. In 2016, Eskom advertised a tender for high-definition surveying services. The contract was awarded to a panel of 10 service providers for five years. Mfalapitsa occupied multiple conflicting roles in the tender process, in direct violation of Eskom’s conflict of interest policy.
SIU spokesperson Kaizer Kganyago said the investigation revealed that a close-knit network of family and friends facilitated alleged corruption. The Eskom employee’s spouse, Denge, received over R2.2 million from the scheme, while his brother, David Mfalapitsa, received over R228,000 from a service provider’s director. The network also involved Mpho Negondeni, who Denge “raised as her own child” and her company. The SIU also made a referral for disciplinary action against Mfalapitsa. He is currently suspended.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Chulumanco Mahamba at The Citizen
- Read too, SIU gets freeze order on R3.9m house in Polokwane over Eskom tender, at TimesLIVE
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