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14 officials on carpet over shoddy Beitbridge border fence, says De Lille

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An investigation which revealed a litany of incompetence and wrongdoing in the emergency construction of a fence between SA and Zimbabwe has recommended disciplinary action against 14 government officials.

De Lille said the investigation “has not found any evidence of impropriety on my part and has also not found any evidence to suggest that I benefited personally from this project in any way whatsoever”.

Advance payments of R21.8m to the contractor and R1.8m to the principal agent “within days of their respective appointments” were irregular as no material had been delivered and construction had not begun;The cost of the fence was ostensibly calculated based on 2016 prices but ended up costing R14.3m more; and

“Investigations of this nature have to be done thoroughly and due process has to be followed, which can become time-consuming.

 

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