The Hawks have raided the home and offices of ANC Ekurhuleni treasurer-general Sello Sekhokho, a central figure in the massive R1bn Tembisa Hospital tender scandal that was uncovered and reported by Babita Deokaran before her assassination in August 2021.
Sekhokho has previously claimed innocence, but three companies owned by him have, in three years, scored contracts worth nearly R100m from the Gauteng Department of Health.
They supplied everything from food to medical gear, while his security company did a bustling trade selling overpriced clothing, reports News24.
In a statement last Wednesday, Gauteng Hawks spokesperson Captain Lloyd Ramovha said detectives descended on the house in Bedfordview and offices in Germiston and Edenvale to execute a search and seizure warrant.
"The action is informed by the ongoing investigation into alleged tender irregularities that resulted in R1bn being siphoned from the Gauteng Department of Health,” said Ramovha.
Last year, Hawks investigators seized documents and computers from the embattled Tembisa Hospital. Ramovha added that the Tembisa scheme “reportedly thrived by the Public Finance Management Act (PFMA) infringement”, made possible through tender manipulation, kickbacks, inflated prices and or duplicated invoices, among other contraventions.
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