'All allegations of corruption must be investigated and concluded so that if there is any unlawful activity, adequate consequences are meted out.'
“The R3.5bn project was intended to supply water to Giyani and surrounding villages, but for the past eight years, around 50 villages around Giyani have had no clean drinking water,” said DA spokesperson Jacques Smalle.
“Currently residents have to walk for up to 5km to carry contaminated water back to their houses,” he added. Smalle blamed the government, saying corruption and irregular expenditure had left the people of Giyani suffering."Lepelle Northern Water Board’s mandate was the implementation of the regional bulk infrastructure, operations and maintenance thereof,” he said. Instead, the project was abandoned after the department allegedly failed to pay the contractor.earlier spoke to SIU spokesperson Kaizer Kganyago, who explained how they were forced to conduct the raid.
"We are here to look for a list of documents that will assist us in completing our investigations. We have been asking for the documents and Lepelle Northern Water has been refusing to give them to us, hence we obtained a court order for raid and seizure," he said."Some of the senior officials even went to court in an attempt to stop the investigation."
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