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Probe into company’s BEE ‘fronting’
The City of Cape Town is probing allegations that the Midway Two Group, linked to President Jacob Zuma’s brother Michael, used black economic empowerment fronting in winning tenders worth more than
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Multi-million rand Mpisane tender ‘flawed’
The contract for a multimillion-rand Umlazi housing project carried out by Shauwn Mpisane’s company was flawed, as procurement processes were not followed and contract documents might have been man
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Dubious jail catering contract extended
A multimillion-rand catering contract with a company implicated by the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) in bribing top prison officials to win tenders had been extended for a year because it owned
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Fronting a complex type of fraud – expert
A BEE law specialist says fronting has become a more sophisticated type of fraud over the years. Ana Milovanovic of Webber Wentzel in Joburg says it’s no longer just a case of companies using unqua
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Technical training and skills development
Sixty local contractors and 200 other contractors in the district were trained by the Eden District Municipality in business finance and administration, business planning, labour intensive construc
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Rural project plants hope in ripe little town
Hope has been given to the small town of Dysselsdorp, a pilot site for the government’s Comprehensive Rural Development Programme (CRDP). The settlement of 12 000 people near Oudtshoorn is the R10
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Zuma’s brother in BEE controversy
A group of companies that has made millions in contracts with the police, the City of Cape Town, Transnet and other government departments has been accused of using President Jacob Zuma’s brother M
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How to get blacklisted
- Get a tender from a governmental department.
- Fail to deliver as per contractual agreement.
- Give the concerned department the runaround.
- The department sends
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Boya pays to clear group's name
Prominent Limpopo businessman Tom Boya has said "all was in order" to repay R125,000 a month to the government after his company built sub-standard RDP houses. A R125,000 payment was made
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Top ANC leader's medical supplies company barred
Western Cape ANC bigwig Songezo Mjongile's medical supplies company has been deregistered. This according to information from the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission website. Mjongile is
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