An oversight visit by a North West provincial legislature committee revealed little to show for the funds accounted for in a dubious R93 million Covid-19 coronavirus-related expenditure report by the Ngaka Modiri Molema District Municipality
Members of the standing committee on public accounts said they found what looked like an abandoned site when they arrived at a dysfunctional wastewater treatment plant in Ottosdal, in the Tswaing Local Municipality, where Ngaka Modiri had supposedly spent R8.5 million on the refurbishment of the plant, according to a report presented to the committee earlier last month.Committee member Aaron Motswana said they were shocked by the discovery in July.
In Tswaing municipality there were no new boreholes in Atamelang, where R5 million was supposedly spent on the drilling and equipping of three boreholes and a bull line connecting to the storage tankMotswana said he went to the plant again earlier this week and found a different company on site. Among other expenditure in the report was a combined R9.5 million spent on the drilling of three boreholes, the construction of a pipeline to connect to existing storage, equipment for two existing boreholes and a 4km bulk line connecting to a storage tank in Tswaing.
“We also went to Ditsobotla, where we found no boreholes upgraded in Lichtenburg. It was only at one borehole where we could see some new wires connected. In Tswaing municipality there were no new boreholes in Atamelang, where R5 million was supposedly spent on the drilling and equipping of three boreholes and a bull line connecting to the storage tank,” Motswana said.
“I officially record that as at today [July 7], the municipality has not spent a dime on the six approved reprioritised infrastructure grant projects. It is therefore incorrect to suggest that expenditure was incurred in respect of the Ottosdal project,” he said.
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