Several large Transnet tenders awarded irregularly, CEO tells Zondo Inquiry

PRETORIA - The state capture commission of inquiry has heard how several large Transnet contracts were awarded without going through the required procurement processes and key people were never informed of the transactions.Mahomedy said the locomotive maintenance deal with China South rail was irregular.

“It was a submission made to the full board of directors…. As far as we have reviewed, we have not seen any evidence of it surfacing at any management meeting.”“In fact, a number of executives at Transnet were completely ignorant that these transactions had occurred. Some of them would come to know through media reports and not the relevant committees they sat on.”

Mahomedy went on to say that in other instances, companies were paid without doing any work for Transnet.

The Transnet wheels of corruption was on track . Anyone who tried to 'derail' this practise, was harshly dealt with.. Procurement Oversight and Tender Irregularities led to the downfall of another State Entity, due to CadreDeployment. ZondoCommissuon

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