Contractor paid R26m before even starting work
(World News South Africa)

Johannesburg - Several officials in the Gauteng Department of Roads and Transport face the axe after more than R26 million was illegally paid to a construction company before it could do the required job. The punitive action is due to follow after the head of the department, Ronald Swartz, admitted to the office of the Premier David Makhura that some officials had irregularly made payments of more than R26.5m to Lubbe Construction. The revelations came after Makhura had instituted a preliminary investigation into the payments, after a whistle-blower, Bonga Majola, alerted him to the alleged fraud in two...