South Africa: Corruption Accused Edwin Sodi's Company Still Not Blacklisted By Treasury

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City of Tshwane asked for Blackhead Consulting to be put on the list of restricted suppliers more than two months ago

Blackhead Consulting is being probed by the Special Investigating Unit over incomplete upgrades and refurbishment to Tshwane's Rooiwal Waste Water Treatment Plant.

Blackhead Consulting's director Edwin Sodi is on trial for his involvement in the R255-million asbestos audit scandal in the Free State probed by the Zondo Commission. Rooiwal is supposed to treat sewage before releasing it into the Apies River which flows into Leeukraal Dam, which supplies Hammanskraal's drinking water. Rooiwal continues to pollute the Apies River.shows the 150-million litres of effluent it releases into the Apies River per day has a 0% compliance over the past three months for all four effluent quality indicators.

In this and an earlier letter to Corruption Watch's executive director Karam Singh, Maluleke confirmed the City of Tshwane had on 1 February requested Blackhead Consulting and its Rooiwal joint venture partner NJR Projects, along with their respective directors, be blacklisted. Meanwhile, on 11 April, a City of Tshwane disciplinary hearing found the five senior officials accused of flouting tender processes for the Rooiwal WWTW upgrade were not guilty on three of the four charges they faced.quoted Tshwane spokesperson Selby Bokaba as saying the charges related to gross negligence and dereliction of duty leading to violation of various legislation, policies and codes of conduct.

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