Two companies with links to Deputy President Paul Mashatile’s sons were paid R36.4m – and are owed a further R12.6m – for a Gauteng Government contract servicing fire alarms and sprinkler systems at public hospitals, reports News24.
“In June 2022, the Gauteng Department of Infrastructure Development, acting as an implementing agent for the Department of Health, awarded a panel contract to Ngwato and Manzi Group (NMG) and Modipadi Nokaneng for the work. The contracts are due to lapse in November 2025.
An investigation by News24 found that half-brothers Thabiso Mashatile and Tinyiko Mvelase played critical roles at NMG.
“Both were directors of the company and later, having resigned in an apparent attempt to avoid scrutiny, occupied management positions, including project manager and head of operations.
“The entire R49m is, however, linked to a network of friends and business partners the Mashatile sons built for this tender alongside mysterious businessman Taletjo Nala Mahlakoana, and two sisters – Lefentse and Thato Nokaneng.