The premier says where needs be criminal cases will be opened and legal processes will be followed to recover the monies lost, while suppliers will be blacklisted.
KwaZulu-Natal Premier Sihle Zikalala has said that government officials “linked to wrongdoing” following investigations into the procurement of personal protective equipment and blankets will face the music.
The premier said the entire report would be shared with law enforcement agencies once the necessary processes have been concluded. The PPE were procured at R19 million and the were blankets worth R22 million.The investigators found “significant irregularities” caused by “inadequate and ineffective systems of internal controls” within the department, Zikalala said.
Zikalala said the investigation into the procurement of PPE revealed that the submissions were flawed in that approved submission for award to service providers were done ahead of the procurement process. “It is also very concerning that the names of most companies were given as instruction by senior management to junior officials without following proper SCM procedures,” Zikalala said.
The investigation further established that the supplier misrepresented the specifications of the blankets and that most blankets supplied were not in accordance with the specifications of 220 x 240cm in size.
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