Guma questions advance payment to Red Pepper

The committee found out that Red Pepper received 50% payment in advance from BNSC on March 16, 2016 for a BOT50 pre-independence celebration held at the National Stadium. The committee established that at the time, BOT50 coordinator Charity Kgotlafela instructed the BNSC to pay Red Pepper P7.2 million before the awarding of the tender. At the time, the Ministerial Tender Committee (MTC) had not approved the tender, which according to Samson Moyo Guma is fraudulent. Guma also challenged the BOT50’s authority to evaluate tenders. The MTCe would later on approve the tender on April 19, 2016. It is also said that the BNSC board did not approve the payment.

Both the BOT50 and BNSC re-appeared before the Guma’s committee on Wednesday. BNSC chief executive officer Falcon Sedimo, who was the first to take the stand said he received an instruction from the Ministry of Youth Empowerment, Sport and Culture to disburse the funds to Red Pepper.