EduSolutions: DA exposes corrupt dealings with Mpumalanga education department
The DA in Mpumalanga has received damning information about PtyTrade 73 (Pty) Ltd T/A EduSolutions (better known as EduSolutions), the same company implicated in the textbook disaster in Limpopo.
Documented information in our possession shows that EduSolutions has been awarded a multimillion rand tender for the supply and distribution of Learner Teacher Supply Materials (LTSM), including textbooks in Mpumalanga.
According to our information, it is clear that the supply chain division in the Mpumalanga Education Department received and captured an EduSolutions tender document, nearly a month before the bid committee awarded the contract.
Furthermore, the DA has reliably been informed that, according to the agreement between the education department and EduSolutions, this company makes its money from being paid a percentage of the funds ‘saved' by the department, arising from discounts afforded to them by suppliers.
According to our information, the Education Department CFO, Mr CB Mnisi, unilaterally decided that 60% of all discounts provided by book suppliers would go to EduSolutions.