R70bn in state contracts quietly expanded without tenders, Eskom taking the biggest share
An investigation into National Treasury filings revealed that South African government departments and state-owned entities channeled nearly R70 billion through roughly 3,000 contract expansions and extensions without opening competitive tenders. Power utility Eskom accounted for nearly 60% of the expenditure across more than 850 contract extensions, while roads agency Sanral approved hundreds of millions in routine maintenance extensions. Also in this briefing: MK Party cancels its flagship manifesto rally as Jacob Zuma remains hospitalised; and Sharpeville massacre families file a class action against the state seeking damages and the repeal of the 1961 Indemnity Act.
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State entities spent nearly seventy billion rand expanding contracts without competitive tenders.
Eskom accounted for forty-one billion rand across more than eight hundred and fifty contract adjustments.
Sanral granted seventeen road maintenance extensions worth four hundred and fifty-four million rand in a single day.
The MK Party cancelled its flagship rally after eighty-four-year-old Jacob Zuma was hospitalized in intensive care.
Suspected political killings reached at least forty-three deaths ahead of the local government elections.
Sharpeville massacre survivors filed a class action demanding five hundred thousand rand per household.
- 01Intro1 min
- 02R70bn in state contracts quietly expanded without tenders, Eskom taking the biggest share — The Procurement Findings2 min
- 03R70bn in state contracts quietly expanded without tenders, Eskom taking the biggest share — Accountability and Constitutional Impact2 min
- 04MK Party cancels flagship manifesto rally as Zuma stays in hospital1 min
- 05Where things stand1 min
- 06Sharpeville families launch class action seeking justice for the 1960 massacre2 min
- 07Outro1 min
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