The heads can roles in the raptops scandal of R90,000

After an examination Through the Mpumalanga Provincial Government, the Prime Minister Mandla Ndlovu promised that the heads will roll the scandal with the irregular procurement of the provincial department for basic training of 22 dell XPS laptops at the inflated costs of R91 482.50 per unit.

The department cost the department more than 2 million R.

Ndlovu spoke on Monday at a media information on Monday that the officers of the primary school department, which were involved in the scandal, which he did not name, had “grossly dishonest” by carrying out the matter in which they are involved.

“They could not fully exploit their participation and provided incorrect information. They also carried out the Premier and the MEC by providing imprecise information during the examination,” said Ndlovu on the briefing. “We intend to introduce disciplinary measures against all involved civil servants, including the department head.”

TechCentral reported last month that the state IT agency (Sita) repeated claims for an investigation of the Laptop scandal. Sita said there were “many unanswered questions” regarding the procurement procedures that followed when the laptops were acquired, whose inflated costs Sita described Sita as “outrageous exorbitant”.

According to Ndlovu, the matter was made aware of him by a whistle blower on February 15th. He said that the civil servants involved in this matter had those who approved the procurement, as well as those who are members of the committees who dealt with the procurement.

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Further charges include how civil servants have invited offers for a certain brand of a limited series of suppliers in the Mbombela region, although procurement procedures have stipulated that the scope should be provincial. It was found that the specifications of the laptops were created without a subordinate process, and laptops with similar specifications could have been procured “for a smaller amount.

It was also found that the service provider, who was not named in this matter, also dealt with laptops that was not paid to the specification agreed and paid by the elementary school department. According to Ndlovu, the specifications requested for high-end-dell XPS 15 laptops, the ultimately delivered units, were requested, 20 XPS 13 machines and two XPS 14 computers.

Read: R90,000 Laptops Scandal: Sita asks an urgent probe

The former generation XPS 13 and XPS 14 are cheaper than the originally ordered XPS 15S. Investigations by the provincial government showed that the XPS 13S retail trade for R59 200. The price includes a surcharge of 15% and 15% of VAT. The prize paid by the Bildung Department was a bonus of 282.50 R. 282.50 for each laptop. The department aims to “receive financial losses that arise”.

“The service provider acted in roughly dishonesty when he tried not to comply with the agreed specifications,” said Ndlovu.

The prime minister has started with the processes to have the supplier on the black list of the government and to accept the national and preliminary financial register for pull -out creators and to notify Sita to do the same.

Ndlovu said that Lifestyle audits of all affected civil servants will follow, with a governance check of the primary school department also planned. Apart from the already uncovered fraud, other actions such as bribery, agreements and financial misconduct that are discovered will lead to criminal proceedings, he added.

“On June 30, a progress report on the implementation of all recommendations from this study will be made available,” said Ndlovu. – – © 2025 Newscentral Media

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