FOUR former senior Gauteng Department of Health officials appeared in court on fraud and money laundering related an IT tender valued at more than R1.2-billion.
The four includes the former Head of Department, who was also an Accounting Officer at the time, Chief Director of Information Communication and Technology, Head of Supply Chain Management and the Deputy Director for Executive Support.
The former officials include Sybil Ngcobo, Mmakgosi Mosupi, Valdis Romano and Obakeng Mookeletsi.
The four senior officials were later granted bail by the Palm Ridge Commercial Crimes Court on Thursday afternoon.
They allegedly received kickbacks for ensuring that a contract was awarded to a preferred entity of their choice.
The investigation dates back to February 2007 where the State Information Technology Agency submitted a proposal to the Health Department to continue with an information technology maintenance programme at the department.
The total cost of such a project was meant
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