Communications Minister: Nyanda should resign

ADSL South Africa (Broadband South Africa), 16 August 2010

SA Communications Minister, General Siphiwe Nyanda, should do the honourable thing and resign. This comes after news of his involvement in yet another tender scandal where he has allegedly enriched himself at a great cost to the taxpayer.

R20 million to investigate service delivery protests in Mpumalanga…

The latest tender scandal involving Nyanda is about the alleged awarding of a R20 million contract to Abalozi Security Risk Advisory Services, formerly known as General Nyanda Security Risk Advisory Services and GNS Risk Advisory Services, without following tender rules. Nyanda’s children have a 45% stake in the mentioned company via the Mphephethwa Trust.

Never mind the tender process which was followed to award the R20 million contract to Abalozi Security Risk Advisory Services, the fact that R20 million is needed to investigate service delivery protests is shocking in its own right. We all know that the majority of service delivery protests are a direct result of people being fed-up with poor and non-existent service delivery. Paying someone to investigate service delivery protests is not only a total waste of taxpayers’ money, but a sure sign of a witch hunt against political opponents which is totally unacceptable in a ‘democratic society’. In this instance it was nothing but a witch hunt against the political opponents of Mpumalanga premier, David Mabuza. Instead of using the money to improve service delivery, they are wasting money on an investigation that not only enables them to enrich themselves at a cost to the taxpayer, but to identify and act against political opponents.

In other words, without following tender rules, a company in which Nyanda indirectly holds a 45% stake has being awarded a R20 million contract to investigate service delivery protests in Mpumalanga.

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