Riyaz Patel
Ten people arrested in connection with corruption, fraud and money laundering charges relating to a multimillion-rand toilet project at the Amathole District Municipality are due in the East London Magistrate’s Court Friday.
“The operation follows a complaint by the national Treasury after it transpired that the suspects allegedly colluded in accessing the Amathole District Municipality funds through the flaunting of procurement processes. Afterwards, they were awarded a contract for ventilated, improved toilets in the Eastern Cape,” Hawks spokesperson Colonel Katlego Mogale said in a statement.
Mogale added: “The Hawks’ preliminary investigation discovered that over R600m was to be awarded
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