SANRAL awarded contracts to unregistered companies
29 November 2016
In today’s Standing Committee on Public Accounts (SCOPA) sitting, South African National Road Agency Limited (Sanral) revealed that 12 companies not registered with Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC), were awarded contracts in contravention of the Public Finance Management Act.
The DA will call on the Minister of Transport, Ms Dipuo Peters, to launch an investigation into why key legislation was flouted in the awarding of these contracts and whether any other companies not registered with CIPC were also awarded contracts by Sanral.
The value of the contracts awarded to these companies total a staggering R827 million and the Minister must account for why the requisite vetting processes were not undertaken and there was no due diligence.
At a time when entities of the Department of Transport, such as Prasa, are currently under investigation for over a billion in the current financial year in irregular payments, it is deeply concerning that Sanral has also followed suit, clearly revealing a lack of leadership at the department.