NORTHERN CAPE – A 55-year-old former MEC of Transport, Roads and Public Works, will make a brief appearance before Upington Magistrates’ court today, 30 May 2023 on a fraud allegation. It is alleged that in 2003, Babereki Consulting Engineers CC was fraudulently awarded a tender as a structural civil engineer as well as project manager, within the mental health hospital construction project.
During his tenure as a political head the accused and the former HOD Ms. Patience Mercia Mokhali appointed Babereki Consulting Engineers CC whose director is Mr. Tshegolekae Motaung though the company did not meet the necessary requirements. The actual amount involved is approximately R51 million.
The Acting Provincial Head of the Hawks in the Northern Cape, Brigadier Prince Mashimbye welcomes the arrest "criminality will be pursued irrespective of the duration in which it happened in order for justice to prevail".