Tshwane mayor denies 'mystery R1 billion tender' report
25 August 2019
Tshwane mayor Stevens Mokgalapa has nothing to do with awarding tenders, his office said after Sunday Times reported that he allegedly flouted the rules of the DA by not reporting a Huawei-sponsored trip to China as the city issued an "R1 billion 'smart city' tender".
"My responsibilities are many, but none of them extends to the City’s tender specification process," Mokgalapa said in a statement following the publication of the story.
"That remains the domain of Supply Chain Management and the bid adjudication committee.
An amount of R1b for a tender was also dismissed as "salacious".