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South Africa: Defence Minister to Investigate Military Procurement
Publish Date : 29-Oct-2009
The National Assembly\'s defence and military veterans committee has agreed to a Democratic Alliance request to ask Defence Minister to investigate military procurement. This followed a committee meeting in which the DA was able to link two companies which are both involved in controversial tenders, DA spokesperson said.
The first company is called Origin Exchange and attracted attention when it was revealed to have secured a contract of almost R108m to clear unexploded ammunition. This was despite the fact that it has no track record and no resources and bid nearly R33m more than the next highest bidder, he said. Tracing Origin Exchange\'s directors linked it to an organisation called Classic One Consortium.
C1C was a joint respondent in an action launched in the Gauteng North High Court this week where logistics company Pilog SA demanded the overturning of a R142m contract awarded to C1C without a tender process. In both cases, the same SA National Defence Force officers and officials were involved, he said. In response to Lorimer\'s request to probe procurement, Defence Minister told Parliament earlier this month that should the portfolio committee require her to investigate the matter.
