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QFS gets Port Alfred RO tender again

DA: we remain convinced that this outcome was set up from the start Ndlambe Municipality has appointed Quality Filtration Systems (QFS) as the contractor for its sea water reverse osmosis (SWRO) plant project – the same company which was…

Three more people have been arrested – and two re-arrested – in connection with a controversial R56m tender to brand police vehicles. File photoImage: Photo by Gallo Images / Foto24 / Felix Dlangamandla

More arrests in R56m SAPS vehicle branding tender case

Three more people have been arrested — and two rearrested — in connection with a controversial R56m tender to brand police vehicles. This means that there have now been 41 arrests linked to the scandal. SAPS spokesperson Col Athlenda…

DA calls on Ndlambe Council to reject QFS payment proposal

The Democratic Alliance in Ndlambe has submitted a motion to council rejecting the proposal to accept reverse osmosis equipment from Quality Filtration Systems (QFS) as repayment for the R20-million paid in advance of an unlawful tender.…

The Eastern Cape health department has denied claims that it paid a dead man close to R1m after his company and name appeared on the list of companies awarded work in the province.Image: 123RF/ oneinchpunch

Health says R1m tender did not go to a dead man

The Eastern Cape health department has denied claims that it paid a dead man close to R1m after his company and name appeared on the list of companies awarded work in the province. Odwa Matshaya’s friend and relative spoke to Daily…

DA Ndlambe to lay charges if reverse osmosis millions are not repaid

DA pushes municipality for action after Talk of the Town provides correspondence from Quality Filtration Systems The Democratic Alliance (DA) says it will not hesitate to lay criminal charges after it came to light that Quality Filtration…

ANC Sarah Baartman regional chairperson Scara Njadayi

Regional ANC advises Ndlambe council not to appeal high court judgment on RO plant

The regional executive committee (REC) of the ANC Sarah Baartman region has advised the Ndlambe council not to appeal the high court judgment on the seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) plant tender. The tender award to Quality Filtration…

DA lays criminal charges against Ndlambe municipal manager

Members of the Ndlambe DA caucus today opened a criminal case against Ndlambe municipal manager Rolly Dumezweni, for alleged illegal actions relating to the awarding of a tender for a sea water reverse osmosis (SWRO) plant on the banks of…

DA calls on SIU to investigate Ndlambe Municipality’s unlawful tender for RO plant

The DA in the Eastern Cape today called for the Special Investigation Unit (SIU) to be tasked with investigating the controversial and unlawful tender awarded to Quality Filtration Systems (QFS) for a seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) plant…

High court sets aside Ndlambe’s RO plant tender

“The courts cannot and will not tolerate this type of improper conduct” Ndlambe Municipality’s awarding of R100-million tender to build a sea water reverse osmosis (RO) plant on the banks of the Kowie River has been declared unlawful and…

Court rules that RO plant can go ahead

Ndlambe Municipality’s water needs take priority over complaints about irregular tender process deviations and allegations of corruption, the Grahamstown High Court has ruled. Last week Judge NG Beshe dismissed with costs an application…

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Ndlambe RO plant tender halted by high court

A tender “shrouded with suspicions of corruption” to build a sea water reverse osmosis plant (SWRO) on the banks of the Kowie River has been suspended by the Grahamstown High Court pending a review hearing. MEB Energy, one of the losing…