Gauteng schools’ sanitising contracts: Special Tribunal hears SIU application to review R431m ‘feeding frenzy’

The Special Tribunal heard legal arguments on Wednesday in the review application brought by the Special Investigating Unit over the R431m spent in decontamination, disinfection, deep cleaning and sanitising contracts in Gauteng schools in 2020. In an unprecedented case, the SIU asked that more than 150 contracts be declared invalid and that the service providers who benefited from the contracts be ordered to ‘disgorge’ their profits.