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People close to Saul have been reported to have won multi-million rand contracts for personal protective equipment.
The Prime Minister of the Northern Cape Zamani Saul. Image: @ Zsaul1 / Twitter
CAPE TOWN – North Cape Prime Minister Zamani Saul has responded to claims that he improperly influenced the award of tenders related to COVID-19.
People close to Saul have been reported to have won multi-million rand contracts for personal protective equipment.
Saul has made a name for himself in his efforts to reduce overspending by the provincial government and fight corruption.
Now, he himself is accused of wrongdoing.
But he has denied the accusations against him, saying that he is not “dedicated to looting public resources.”
Saul’s special adviser Mandisa Shushu’s wife is reported to have received a tender to supply one million masks to the Northern Cape police for a sum of R13 million.
He admitted that Norman Shushu was his personal adviser, but questioned how the matter related to him.
He said that at no point did he try to influence procurement processes.
It was also reported that tenders totaling more than R27 million were awarded to a Macronym 37 brand agency, allegedly owned by a friend of the prime minister, Somandla Sibisi.
This is also denied by Saul.
The province has awarded tenders related to COVID-19 to 175 companies.
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