MOKONYANE NEEDS TO DO MORE TO ROOT OUT CORRUPTION
I welcome Gauteng Premier Nomvula Mokonyane's call in today's Sunday Times for an "exit strategy for business people who were now multimillionaires through government tenders" (see article).
But it's not just big businesses squeezing out small businesses, it's the tight knot of companies that get contracts because of their political connections.
For instance, there is Tau Pride Projects (Pty) Ltd that currently gets R1 billion a year for Gauteng roads and public works, and does much other provincial government work.
Mokonyane is big on talk, but where are the forensic investigations into all the mega-million fishy tenders?
These companies should not be allowed to get away with their loot. I suspect that if they get away with past misdeeds, they will open up front companies to continue to get new work.