DIS, Dignia Systems smoke peace pipe
Friday, June 30, 2023 | 1070 Views |
Magosi
Dignia Systems, a global company well known for the supply of security equipment and defence solutions, has been in a legal battle with the DIS demanding an amount of about P118 million and acceptance of the remainder of the orders under the contract entered into during Isaac Kgosi’s reign.
The contract that DIS entered into that totalled about P247m was allegedly not fulfilled after it came to light that the Systems company was allegedly the centre of the P250 million National Petroleum Fund (NPF) money laundering scandal.
It is a clear signal that the government’s purse is empty and that our own behaviour has left veterinary officials fighting with one hand tied behind their backs. We have been here before. During COVID-19, many of us thought we knew better. We ignored simple rules, we carried on as if the danger was someone else’s problem, and the virus took lives and left our economy on its knees. We are still broke from that experience. Yet now, with FMD...