R708 million irregular hospital security contracts in Gauteng
29 March 2023
R708 million is spent irregularly every year on security contracts for Gauteng hospitals.
This was admitted by Gauteng Health MEC Nomantu Nkomo Ralehoko in an oral reply to my questions at yesterday’s sitting of the Gauteng Legislature.
She said the security contracts are rolled over irregularly as only service level agreements are used to manage them, and two previous tenders were advertised and cancelled due to irregularities and issues raised with the specifications by Probity Auditors.
I suspect there has been deliberate sabotage of the security tenders as politically connected people likely benefit from the existing contracts.