Johnathan Paoli
ActionSA has welcomed the Public Protector Kholeka Gcaleka’s recent report into the mismanaged construction of the Mayibuye Primary school.
Gauteng Provincial Caucus leader Funzi Ngobeni said on Thursday this case not only had taxpayer funds wasted, but also persistent delays caused by the negligence of the provincial government denied the Tembisa community access to the sorely-needed school for years.
Ngobeni said the poor project management by both the Department of Education and the Department of Infrastructure Development caused taxpayers to forfeit R10 million due to a nearly two-year delay in handing the site to the contractors.
He said the school serves as an example of the widespread mismanagement and incompetence across provincial government departments and agencies in Gauteng, which either fail to deliver projects or poorly manage them.
“This is exactly why ActionSA believes in stricter performance and consequence management practices in supply chain and procurement processes that
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