A politically connected operator made an 800% profit on Covid-19 personal protective equipment he sold the government.
This was true, she said, but a fresh contract was awarded to Ledla"simply as a stratagem to make the false representation that Royal Bhaca was no longer contracted to [the health department]. Payments were then made by [the department] to Ledla . instead of Royal Bhaca.
The contract with Royal Bhaca was in any event unlawful, says Rabali. It should have been awarded by the head of department and was not. The company was not registered as a Covid-19 supplier on the government central supplier database, but as a supplier of construction services. Also, at the time the contracts were awarded it was not tax compliant and had failed bank verification.
Rabali also details the inflation of prices. She says Royal Bhaca submitted a quote for a million bio-hazard health-care boxes at R40 a box and a million bio-hazard health-care disposable bags at R7 to the department on March 30. Rabali says that according to Pino, who also deposed to an affidavit, Lehloenya invited people to tender via e-mail and phone calls and instructed officials to assist some of the suppliers, including Royal Bhaca, to become compliant with the requirements of the government's central supplier database.
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