The process used to appoint a contractor to undertake mammoth upgrades to President Jacob Zuma’s private Nkandla homestead was not fair‚ not transparent‚ not equitable and not cost-effective‚ the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) said on Wednesday. Investigator Christian Legwabe made this revelation during the ongoing Department of Public Works disciplinary hearings‚ currently taking place in Durban. He claimed that the department paid almost double on at least one of the elements of the upgrade because of wrongdoing in the contract award. Legwabe was speaking during the disciplinary proceedings of Jayshree Pardesi‚ the Pretoria-based national director of key accounts management. She is one of 10 public works officials who are accused of flouting tender processes that led to architect Minenhle Makhanya being appointed to lead the Nkandla upgrades project. Makhanya was the controversial architect appointed to oversee the upgrade and Moneymine Investments was also contracted to do some...
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