Cyril Xaba, the chairperson of the portfolio committee, told the defence department that 1 Military Hospital had become “a milking cow” in that millions of rands were wasted on repeating work that had already been done over the years.
and the defence department to complete the 2006 refurbishment project had thwarted contractors and consultants working on the project.portfolio committee on defence and military veterans
“What came out of the report was that there were officials both from the DOD [department of defence] side as well as the DPWI [department of public works] side that were mentioned,” Kudjoe said, adding that since the inception of the project in 2006 more than R1-billion was spent. She said while the outcome of the forensic investigation was pending it is “our dilemma as a department that it becomes difficult to continue with the first floor renovations when a part of those companies are implicated. I don’t think that it will serve us well if we continue with those that are implicated.”
Cyril Xaba, the chairperson of the portfolio committee, told the defence department on Thursday that 1 Military Hospital had become “a milking cow” in that millions of rands were wasted on repeating work that had already been done over the years. The portfolio committee said the costs of medical equipment might have increased over two years, resulting in the projected figure now possibly having doubled.
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