Panic as SPEDU goes under the hammer
Friday, April 16, 2021

Peggy Serame PIC: PHATSIMO KAPENG
This follows a writ of execution obtained against SPEDU last month by a company that won a works contract for the design and build of Phase I infrastructure in Bolelanoto and Senwelo industrial sites in Selebi-Phikwe. Attorneys for Marcian Concepts, which won the tender, have instructed sheriff or his deputy to attach and take into execution the movable goods of SPEDU and of the same to be caused to be realised by public auction to the sum of P31, 823, 337.71 following failure to reach compliance with requirements of the contract.
By end of January 2021, the contractor was entitled to suspended related costs totalling P48, 233, 000,39.
It seems some government accounting officers, sworn to tell "the truth, the whole truth, and nothing else but the truth" before Almighty God, may have deliberately lied during the committee’s vital work. If proven, this is not merely unprofessional; it is perjury, a serious criminal offence and it strikes at the very heart of responsible government.The PAC’s role is fundamental. After each financial year, it painstakingly examines how public...