Eastern Cape MEC off the hook over use of daughter’s lodge for quarantine site

An investigation by acting public protector advocate Kholeka Gcaleka has cleared transport MEC Weziwe Tikana-Gxothiwe of any improper conduct or maladministration in connection with procurement of her daughter’s lodge in Cala as a Covid-19 quarantine site last year. The public protector, however, flagged the procurement of the lodge, owned by Tikana’s daughter Kwakhanya, as irregular, and carried out in contravention of applicable laws and legal prescripts regulating government procurement...