Tshwane paying millions for CCTV

Millions of rands are spent each month by the Tshwane community Safety Department, on a CCTV camera system that is not fully operational, the Pretoria News reported on Friday.

According to the department’s protection services director Steve Ngobeni, only 68 out of 168 cameras were currently working, despite the city paying R3 million for the surveillance system.

The payments, part of a controversial three-year R121 million tender which is currently being challenged in court, comes as questions are being raised over what appears to be irregular billing of the department, the newspaper reported.

The tender is for the supply, installation, commissioning, operation and maintenance of a digital macro surveillance system.

This irregular billing has reportedly resulted in department having to source money from elsewhere since the budget was exceeded.

The newspaper refers to documents in its possession showing that in order for all cameras to operate and to be fully monitored, the city would have to pay an extra R6.8 million a year on top of the R121 million tender awarded to Morubisi Technologies.

It also refers to a supply chain management report contained in a confidential City of Tshwane Bid Committee submission for the CCTV tender, showing Morubisi’s bid, at more than R140 million, as being the most expensive.

This apparent irregular state of affairs was raised by the last month but the department’s executive director, Chris Lekgetho, in a plea to the then Tshwane metro police acting chief Pinkie Mathabe for executive intervention.

Mathabane was dragged to court by other bidder , Omega Risk Solutions for allegedly attempting to influence the awarding of the tender to Morubisi.

City spokeswoman Dikeledi Phiri said a statement in response to the allegations would be issued before the end of the day.

"This is a very sensitive matter. We are waiting for the draft statement to be approved first," she said.

 

Source :  mybroadband.co.za , James Etherington-Smith - October 8

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