Key nuclear contracts are ‘irregular’, documents reveal
Energy Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi refuses to concede that auditor-general’s report flagged discrepancies
The auditor-general has found key nuclear-related contracts entered into by the Department of Energy are irregular and unauthorised, according to documents seen by DA energy spokesman Gordon Mackay. However, Energy Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi refused in a meeting of Parliament’s energy portfolio committee on Tuesday to concede that the auditor-general’s report for the year to end-March 2017 highlighted irregularities related to nuclear contracts. The report had not been finalised and she had not yet had a meeting with the auditor-general to discuss his findings, Kubayi said. Mackay said the report cited the procurement of the nuclear procurement management system, which Kubayi said cost R98m, as irregular. The contract was awarded by the Department of Energy to Central Lake Trading t/a Empire Technology, which is owned by Shantan Reddy, the son of Vivian Reddy, a close friend of President Jacob Zuma. According to Mackay, the original amount of the contract had been inflated from R60,0...
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