Special Tribunal turfs out the reconsideration application by seven contractors implicated in the Gauteng schools’ Covid-19 decontamination scandal. Maverick Citizen has earlier reported that many companies awarded the contracts and listed in the Gauteng Expenditure Disclosure reports had no prior expertise or track record in sanitising or deep cleaning. The SIU’s investigations have since found that 173 of the appointed 280 contractors were not accredited on the government’s Central Supplier Database.
Investigations and legal proceedings remain on track to recoup monies linked to questionable school decontamination contracts paid by the Gauteng Department of Basic Education amounting to R431-million over three months in 2020.
The respondents primarily challenged the jurisdiction of the Special Tribunal to preside over a Special Investigating Unit review application and also made objections on the grounds of an absence of material irregularities and lack of urgency, but all objections were rejected and dismissed by Judge Lebogang Modiba.
In addition, the huge expense approved by the Department of Basic Education did not appear to match up to realities on the ground.
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