Tender News

The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has denied it was responsible for the delays that saw the R100 million tender fraud case against its potential star witness in former Speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula’s R2.5 million corruption trial being struck from the roll.

A second retired SANDF brigadier general has been arrested and charged with fraud in connection with a R2 million tender for buffs and goggles for soldiers undertaking peacekeeping missions in the Darfur region of Sudan.

Five senior City of Tshwane officials have been suspended in connection with the controversial Rooiwal tender.

Eskom, the state-owned power utility in South Africa, has announced a tender for the construction of a 75 MW solar farm near the Lethabo Power Plant in Sasolburg. The project, located in the Free State province, aims to enhance renewable energy capacity in the region. Developers have until June 4 to submit proposals for this initiative.

Businessman Mthunzi Mdwaba has lost a second defamation case after his comments last year that ministers were seeking R500 million in bribes from him.

The director of a company, who is accused of committing fraud to win a more than R2 million tender to provide buffs and military goggles for soldiers undertaking peacekeeping missions in Darfur, Sudan, claims to now be an Uber driver, making R2 500 a month.

The NPA said Mendis Eddy Modlane allegedly defrauded SANDF by writing a request that deviated from the procurement processes.

A retired SA National Defence Force brigadier general has been arrested in connection with alleged irregularities relating to a R2-million tender for heat-resistant buffs and military goggles for soldiers undertaking peacekeeping missions in Sudan.

The State IT Agency seeks “any type of virtual, hyper-converged or software-defined solution that may be required by government”.