Overview
- Special Tribunal Judge Chantel Fortuin set aside the June 2020 award for 72 chemical toilets to 11 schools, finding the R2.5 million spend was irregular.
- Huluwethu (Pty) Ltd must file audited accounts within 30 days and repay all profits with interest, as well as the state’s legal costs.
- KwaZulu-Natal education MEC Sipho Hlomuka has been directed to institute disciplinary proceedings against 16 officials implicated in supply chain breaches and unlawful contract extensions.
- Evidence included pre‑bid contact with officials, an undeclared conflict of interest, backdated bid documents, more than 100% mark‑ups, and claims for services during periods when no servicing occurred.
- The SIU brought the case under Presidential Proclamation R23 of 2020 and may pursue further civil recovery while referring any criminal evidence to the National Prosecuting Authority.