EXCLUSIVE: Probe launched into R145m home affairs deal flagged by suspended DG
Early indications are that the tender to provide security services could have been manipulated
Mkuseli Apleni, the home affairs director-general placed on precautionary suspension, flagged R145m spent on security services by the department as potentially irregular expenditure. Business Day understands that an investigation is under way. Early indications are that the tender to provide security services at Department of Home Affairs offices nationwide could have been manipulated during the evaluation stage. Home Affairs Minister Hlengiwe Mkhize, who was appointed at the end of March during the cabinet reshuffle, placed Apleni on precautionary suspension in September. Mkhize is to brief the portfolio committee on home affairs in Parliament about Apleni’s suspension on Tuesday. Project manager Jackson McKay is the acting director-general in Apleni’s absence.Apleni is challenging his precautionary suspension in court. He claims Mkhize suspended him over a dispute her son had with the department, but Mkhize has dismissed Apleni’s accusation as "delusional". In the department’s 201...
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