Transnet asking suppliers to provide details of any third-party ‘commissions’

Transnet CEO Siyabonga Gama says that the freight logistics group is investigating every allegation of possible corruption in relation to the State-owned group’s procurement programmes, revealing that scope of its inquiries extends beyond the R50-billion locomotive contract, which is the subject of a board-led investigation by Werksmans Attorneys. Speaking on the sidelines of the Transnet Indaba, a stakeholder strategy consultation event, taking place at the company’s Esselen Park Campus, in Gauteng, Gama stressed that most of the allegations related Transnet suppliers and their relationship with individuals and companies not directly contracted to supply Transnet.