The South African Social Security Agency (Sassa) has launched an investigation into allegations that it awarded two irregular tenders amounting to about R400m to an events company that also works with the Presidency. The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa) said the tenders were given to the company in 2016 and that almost R221m had been spent. The contracts are for two outreach programmes to be carried out nationwide over a three-year period. Outa wants both contracts to be terminated and the money reclaimed because due processes were allegedly not followed. The organisation has sent its findings to several government officials‚ demanding action against those implicated in the report. "Both tenders were granted without following due process and were for services which could have either been performed in-house or were entirely unnecessary. (The company) was simply not capable of providing the services in terms of the tenders and either failed to provide proof that they had performe...
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