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SUFFER THE CHILDREN: One of the unfinished buildings at Ntuthuko Primary School in Katlehong, East Rand, with all the defects and shoddy workmanship. PHOTO: TSHEKO KABASIA

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The renovations were supposed to take Ntuthuko Primary School in Katlehong to being a full-service school by 2011, but the school still cannot accommodate pupils with physical disabilities.

The Department of Public Works gave a joint tender worth R6-million to Makhamabavele and DSST to do the job.

They've already been paid R4.6-million.

The companies were supposed to build a school hall, garage, replace leaking roofs, renovate the loos and build ramps for wheelchairs.

But not a single job was completed.

The project started in February 2010. It was supposed to have been completed in September 2010. It was extended for a further four months. But, two years later this has not happened.

Deputy school principal Mzwakhe Sithole said: "We do not know where the company is. They just disappeared into thin air. They abandoned the project and their employees without even paying them."

The companies also owe the school R95,000 for water and electricity.

An official from the contractors, who chose to be identified only as Mabona, said he was travelling to Soshanguve and could not meet Sowetan .

DSST's Obed Mabena said they had not abandoned Ntuthuko.

"We are finishing up a project in Soshanguve and will move back to Katlehong next week."

But the Gauteng department of infrastructure and development said the contract with the companies had been terminated in March due to the delays.

The department's Philemon Motshwaedi said: "The contractor has been charged daily penalties of R1,500 for the delays ... there is also a 10% retention on all payments made being held back. The companies will also be suspended ..."

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Fri May 24 22:33:47 SAST 2013 ::

Apr 13, 2012

cornelius

Sjoe, they must be racists.
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Apr 13, 2012

ngutha

*yawn* ...............


zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...............


another anc corruption story

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz


*yawn*

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Apr 13, 2012

Princetall

Corruption , corruption and corruption, we are not suprised, every tenderpreneur always wants to cash up from the government
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Apr 13, 2012

rasefatee

Arrest the management of the companies once you Motshwaedi you are also a suspect why not open the case with the police charging a company a daily penalty of R1500 for the delay is nothing compared to the R4.6m paid to them
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Apr 13, 2012

MORNACHIESS

Blame Zooomer !
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Apr 13, 2012

LBS

Why do we continuously hear about astronomical amounts of money being paid out for incomplete work or work not even done?

Who is responsible and why are they not being held accountable?!

What happened to building inspectors and progress payments - you know the good old, bad old days when people were expected to actually deliver/do the work to a satisfactory level before getting paid

Theses contractors are laughing all the way to the bank after being paid R4.6-million out of the R6 million.
The company being suspended and penalties, not to mention the 10% retention are a joke. If they can't get the work done to start with how will they keep the company accountable?!
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Apr 13, 2012

Blackstone.lebs

... there is also a 10% retention on all payments made being held back. The companies will also be suspended ..."
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DPW is rotten to the core. Who certified the project to be 76% complete? find him and haul him to the grill, fire his a$$ withold his pension. your retention is only R460K and suspending the company won't pull R4.6M out of the drain, set the asset forfeiture unit on these Maskhambalele and DSTV crooks. Confiscate their contrustion plant, houses, cars, computers, alles and delete them from you database, klaar. Or you're just going to "investigate this matter" as usual?
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Apr 13, 2012

TKay

Why were the companies paid 4.6 million without any single job done...
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Apr 13, 2012

Raven

Enaf already....bored
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Apr 13, 2012

candilious

Then its we always want to pin it on the ANC ,But it always boils down to them........................


@LBS-Morning -My point exactly maak naar man
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