seven companies

A person from outside the City called Nico claimed to have given a mandate to the head of the Bid Evaluation Committee (BEC) to rig a tender in favor of seven companies, and one potential perpetrator admitted to doing this, though Deputy Chief Dhlamini considers this claim may not be truthful.

“someone from outside the City, Nico, had come to you, claiming to have given a mandate to the head of the BEC to rig a tender in favour of seven companies ... You had one potential perpetrator admitting that he had done this ... That is what he claimed, which might not be truthful”

Sergeant Nkosi sent Mr Mnisi a screenshot of a message at 08:31 pm with tender number TMPD1 and a list of seven companies, indicating a mandate assigned by 'Nico' to Victor, who is responsible for these companies related to the tender.

“the last text on the page is a screenshot that Sergeant Nkosi sends you at 08:31 pm. And it is a screenshot that on its face comes from a message that the General sent to him at 08:02... And it is a table that has tender number TMPD1 and then it is got a list of seven companies on it. And at the bottom it says: “Captain, nayim and ate u Victor aphiweyo na”. And helpfully underneath it, the Sergeant Nkosi has said: “Companies given to Victor by Nico”.”

The mandate was given by 'Nico' and assigned to Victor, who is chairperson of the evaluation committee and BEC, related to the tender for seven companies.

“the mandate was given by someone called Nico. Victor is a chairperson of this evaluation committee. He is the Chairperson of the BEC and he has been given a mandate. Seven companies. Victor has been given a mandate to make sure that these seven companies get the tender.”