Women-Owned Construction Companies Demand Payment Amid Allegations of Tender Fraud

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In an exclusive interview with IOL, a group of more than 10 firms, including women-owned companies, called on KwaZulu-Natal Public Works MEC Martin Meyer to intervene as they now feared for their lives.

A group of construction firms in KwaZulu-Natal has made a bombshell claim accusing the Department of Public Works of a tender scam around government construction projects.

"Woodlands Primary School in Pietermaritzburg is an example where this has happened. The contract value was R42 million. Many of us have not been paid what was owing for the past year despite the work almost being complete now. After the contractor finally withdrew due to non payment, the department put out a new tender for the same project to the value of R47 million.

They have called out Meyers for failing to address their concerns - and hit back at the conference on construction mafia.

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