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Die veroordeelde John Block (55), eens die Noord-Kaapse ANC-leier en \u2019n voormalige LUR wat \u2019n vonnis van 15 jaar vir korrupsie uitdien, het Dinsdag in Upington in \u2019n lang, swart wintersjas op afsonderlike aanklagte van bedrog verskyn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Die Valke het reeds Maandag uit Kimberley vertrek om hom Dinsdagoggend by die gevangenis in Upington in hegtenis te neem en hof toe te bring. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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John Block tydens \u2019n vorige hofverskyning. Foto: Charn\u00e9 Kemp<\/div>\n
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Dit volg op die verskyning verlede week van Patience Mokhali (65), voormalige provinsiale departementshoof van die departement van openbare werke en paaie, en Tshegolekae Motaung (59) en sy maatskappy, Babereki Consulting Engineers, in die landdroshof in Kimberley. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Block was voorheen die LUR vir paaie en openbare werke.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Nomthandazo Mnisi, Valke-woordvoerder, s\u00ea die bewering is dat Babereki Consulting Engineers CC in 2003 \u2019n bedrieglike kontrak van R51 miljoen toegeken is om die psigiatriese hospitaal buite Kimberley te bou.<\/p>\n

Die maatskappy het nie aan die vereistes voldoen nie en was tegelykertyd die strukturele siviele ingenieur en die projekbestuurder op die bouterrein.<\/p>\n

Die bewerings kom neer op wanadministrasie en wanbestuur.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Mokhali en Motaung word onder meer van bedrog, korrupsie en geldwassery aangekla oor die boukontrak van die omstrede psigiatriese hospitaal wat 14 jaar en meer as R2 miljard geneem het om te voltooi. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Die hospitaal, wat in 2003 deur die destydse premier Dipuo Peters bekend gestel is, sou R290 miljoen kos. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2011 het Dawid Rooi, toe LUR, ges\u00ea die bouwerk is in 2005 begin. Vista Park\/JOH Arch Investment JV is as die kontrakteur aangestel om die gebou binne 24 maande te voltooi. Dit is selfs n\u00e1 \u2019n uitstel van die sperdatum nie voltooi nie. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Teen Desember 2009 is die kontrak be\u00ebindig, wat tot hofsake gelei het. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Die departement het die bouterrein oorgeneem. Die sekuriteit was nie na wense nie, en vandalisme het plaasgevind. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vele staandeportefeulje-komitees het ook die gebou besoek en kop geskud oor die probleme by die onvoltooide kompleks van meer as 336 000 vierkante meter. Etlike hofgedinge is ook tussen die departement en latere kontrakteurs gevoer oor wanbetaling en die be\u00ebindiging van kontrakte. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Drie premiers later is die gebou in 2019 geopen, maar steeds met beperkte dienste weens \u2019n tekort aan kliniese personeel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Zamani Saul, huidige premier, het dit met die opening as \u2019n monument van korrupsie beskryf. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vroe\u00ebr het Andrew Louw, destydse DA-leier, dit as \u2019n gebou \u201cvol leegheid\u201d beskryf. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hofsake waarin beskuldigdes vir waarneming gestuur moet word, is ook vertraag weens die onvoltooide hospitaal en gebrek aan dokters en geriewe by die Wes-einde-hospitaal wat intussen gebruik is. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Volgens opposisiepartye het psigiatriese pasi\u00ebnte ook gely weens beperkte geriewe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Block sal weer op 11 Julie in Kimberley saam met sy medebeskuldigdes verskyn. Hy dien tans \u2019n vonnis uit omdat hy sy invloed in 2005 en 2006 gebruik het om huurkontrakte vir staatsgeboue teen onbehoorlike bedrae van honderde miljoene rand aan die Trifecta-maatskappy toe te ken.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Isak Fritz, DA-LW, eis dat die wetgewer se staande komitee oor openbare rekeninge (Skoor) alle staatskontrakte wat aan Babereki Consulting of aan Rockwood Trading toegeken is, ondersoek.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOns is verlig dat die wiel van geregtigheid uiteindelik gedraai het, sodat daar uiteindelik aanspreeklikheid kan wees. Babereki Consulting is ook deur die regering kontrakteer om die Kuruman-lykshuis te bou. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDit het tot \u2019n regsdispuut gelei wat die lykshuis onvoltooid gelaat het. In 2014 het bloed uit die lykshuis in die strate gestroom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEnige onre\u00eblmatighede wat Skoor ontdek, moet aan die Valke bekend gemaak word. Ons eis gevolgbestuur en aanspreeklikheid vir alle regeringskorrupsie, ongeag hoe oud of nuut dit is.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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