THE Special Investigating Unit (SIU) is expected to institute civil proceedings in the Special Tribunal against construction company, Aventine CC, to recover financial losses suffered by the State after the unit concluded an investigation into a temporary housing construction tender awarded to the company by the Limpopo Provincial Government.
It is also seeking to have the R15.3 million tender set aside.
The tender was for the construction of 192 temporary housing units – known as Talana Shacks – at densely populated informal settlement in Tzaneen and Burgersfort, during the national state of disaster last year.
Through the Housing Development Agency (HDA), Limpopo’s Co-operative Governance, Human Settlements and Traditional Affairs (COGHSTA) department appointed the construction company to build the 192 units, 152 pit toilets and install water tanks.
The tender was referred to the SIU for investigation by Limpopo Premier Stanley Mathabatha.
“The SIU investigation has revealed that the tender was
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