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Hawks arrest 10 for R600m toilet tender 'fraud' in Eastern Cape

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Ten people implicated in a dubious multimillion-rand toilet tender in the Eastern Cape were arrested in a dramatic predawn swoop across four provinces on Thursday.

Ten people were rounded up by a multidisciplinary team, including police crime intelligence and detectives in the Eastern Cape, Gauteng, Mpumalanga and KwaZulu-Natal.complaint by the National Treasury, after it transpired that the suspects allegedly colluded in accessing the Amathole district municipality funds through flouting of procurement processes.

“All 10 suspects will be appearing in the East London magistrate’s court [on Friday] on charges of fraud, corruption and money-laundering, in terms of the Prevention of Organised Crime Act . Asset Forfeiture processes are under way. The outstanding collaboration with the office of the director of public prosecutions in the Eastern Cape made it possible for the case to proceed,” she said.reported that the controversial project was taken over by the national department of water & sanitation.

 

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