Mayor Moya vows to enforce the High Court ruling on Edwin Sodi-linked tender

TSHWANE Executive Mayor Nasiphi Moya has assured residents that her administration will take decisive action to enforce a Gauteng High Court ruling requiring companies linked to businessman Edwin Sodi to repay profits from a nearly R300 million 2019 tender for the Rooiwal Waste Water Treatment Plant upgrade.

- RAPULA MOATSHE

The contract awarded to the consortium, comprising Blackhead Consulting, NJR Projects, and CMS Water Engineering, linked to Edwin Sodi, was terminated in August 2022 due to significant issues and delays with the quality of work, resulting from persistent stalling of Phase 1 of the project.

The Rooiwal upgrade project aimed to enhance the wastewater treatment plant's capacity to process the high volume of wastewater it receives.

For over a decade, the issue of contaminated water supplied to Hammanskraal residents has been linked to the Rooiwal plant's insufficient capacity to properly purify wastewater, resulting in sludge being discharged into the Apies River.

The Apies River in turn supplied water to Temba water treatment plant, used for purifying water for the Hammanskraal residents.