A key witness at the trial brought before the special tribunal by the Special Investigating Unit in its bid to recoup R155 million from the architect of former president Jacob Zuma’s Nkandla homestead, has revealed how the appointments of some companies did not follow due process.
Since Monday, when the trial commenced at the Pietermaritzburg High Court where it is being conducted in camera in order not to reveal various security details of Zuma and his family, the tribunal has heard shocking revelations of flouting of tender processes in the security upgrades at the Zuma home which eventually came to R246m.
The witness told the tribunal that the amount of the claim is R13.6m and that in the claim of over designs of the scope of the works determined by SAPS and SANDF, it is contended that the total loss suffered by the Department of Public Works amount to R11.7m.