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The Special Tribunal has ordered that the companies contracted to construct the 40km long Beitbridge border fence pay back any profits received for the project.<\/p>\n
The construction of the fence was done as part of the emergency COVID-19 procurement during 2020 but soon after it was erected; it fell apart \u2013 prompting a Special Investigating Unit (SIU) investigation.<\/p>\n
The investigation yielded evidence of irregularities in the awarding of the contracts to companies Caledon River and Profteam CC, including advance payments amounting to at least R21 million.<\/p>\n
At least R40 million had been set aside for the project.<\/p>\n
In her ruling, Judge Lebogang Modiba said the state and public were the \u201cbiggest losers\u201d in the case and suggested that state officials also be held accountable for their actions.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey have been deprived of the variety of public, social and economic benefits that flow from a solid border track at the Beit Bridge border and are saddled with a deficient border fence.<\/p>\n
\u201cFurther corrective measures lie in holding the officials who designed, approved and implemented the Beitbridge Border Fence Project and its related procurement process and those who failed to take the appropriate steps to enhance the integrity of the fence,\u201d Judge Modiba said.<\/p>\n
She added that the order presents fair relief to all the parties involved.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn the present circumstances, this relief\u2026vindicates the values of fairness, equity, transparency, competitiveness and cost effectiveness that were disturbed when the [companies] were awarded the contracts unlawfully.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt also entrenches the rule of law by ensuring that while the [companies] are not left worse of as a result of the invalidation of the contracts, they also do not benefit from unlawful contracts,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
SIU spokesperson Kaizer Kganyago said the corruption-busting unit welcomed the judgement, which also ordered the two companies furnish the tribunal with \u201caudited financial statements and debatement of account reflecting their respective income and expenditure in the contracts, supported by expert report.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cFurthermore, the Special Tribunal ordered that [the companies] payback profits earned within 30 days of submitting the income and expenditure report. In the event of dispute in profits, the parties have been ordered to approach the Special Tribunal for an appropriate order on supplemented papers as necessitated by the circumstances,\u201d he said. \u2013\u00a0SAnews.gov.za<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Special Tribunal has ordered that the companies contracted to construct the 40km long Beitbridge border fence pay back any profits received for the project. The construction of the fence was done as part of the emergency COVID-19 procurement during 2020 but soon after it was erected; it fell apart \u2013 prompting a Special Investigating […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":54420,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[11539,11251,11441,10147,5108,500,11540],"class_list":["post-54419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-politics","tag-beitbridge","tag-border","tag-contractors","tag-fence","tag-ordered","tag-pay","tag-profits"],"yoast_head":"\n
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