A Special Tribunal directed the ISF Shula Joint Venture, this week, to cough up R85 million, it was by paid by the KwaZulu-Natal’s Department of Transport.
The venture was meant to deliver a constructed 8km concrete barrier wall along the KwaZulu‑Natal-Mozambique border.
Instead, it completed 5.29 km, was paid R85 million for it, and vanished.
The wall was commissioned by the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Transport, purposed to stop rampant cross-border crime, such as the smuggling and trafficking of stolen and hijacked vehicles into Mozambique.
It also emerged that the SIU uncovered the Joint Venture submitted fraudulent documents for tendering for the job, and also failed to meet mandatory requirements.
The Department has had to re-tender at an additional cost of R62 million, for another company to complete the wall.
The SIU committed to recover the monies paid, in a detailed statement, released this week.
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