The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has filed an application with the High Court, seeking the cancellation of the parolee electronic monitoring contract.The SIU applied to intervene in an urgent application in which Engineered System Solutions (ESS) seeks to interdict the department of correctional services from removing the monitoring tags for 563 parolees. ESS provided the tracking devices used to monitor the movements of the parolees.The department started de-tagging parolees earlier this month after giving a three-month notice to ESS that it would terminate the five-year contract — which it had entered with ESS in 2014 — on July 1 this year.President Jacob Zuma signed a proclamation last year authorising the SIU to investigate allegations of irregularities in the procurement of the electronic monitoring system. The urgent application by ESS‚ which was due to be heard on July 18‚ was removed from the roll because of the intervention application by the SIU.ESS also launched an ur...
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