Brand new P8m SPEDU cars waste

The contractor acquired two Fortuner, one Toyota Corolla and 14 Toyota Hiluxes. The vehicles were supposed to be utilised for the SPEDU 3, 500-job development project, which has since been halted following a Directorate of Intelligence and Security (DIS) probe. The contract would have commenced on September 8, 2020, without delay, but the Ministry of Lands Management, Water and Sanitation Services was instructed by the spy agency not to release funds for the project in Selebi-Phikwe.

The DIS only informed SPEDU and the ministry of the investigation instructing them to put the brakes on the project. Although the ‘investigation’ has yielded zilch, DIS is yet to give SPEDU Limited, the ministry and the contractor, Marcian Concepts, the go-ahead. Around July 2019, SPEDU Limited floated the tender and Marcian Concepts (Pty) Ltd was declared a successful bidder on June 3, 2020, and accepted the offer.