Former MEC of economic development in the Free State, Mxolisi Dukwana, at the state-capture commission. Picture: MASI LOSI
The “asbestos heist” describes a R255m contract handed out by the province’s department of human settlements in 2014 to assess 300,000 households for asbestos roofing. “If the asbestos units go beyond 300,000, what would be the case? The constitution demands of a government to be very efficient, effective and economical in dealing with the public purse. Every municipality has ward committees, it has ward councillors. This could have been gathered using the people that are there at a local level without paying a cent. You will then know how many of the houses have asbestos.
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