By ‘Majirata Latela
The principal secretary of the ministry of transport Maile Masoebe has responded to an exposé of corruption in the awarding of a tender to renovate the dilapidated Moshoeshoe I International Airport, by threatening to ‘name and shame’ two politicians who allegedly leaked information on the scandal to the media.
The South African Centre for Investigative Journalism recently reported that the tender to refurbish the moribund airport had been awarded to LTE Consulting, a company which is reported to have been liquidated in South Africa.
The company is owned by South African businessman Thulani Majola who is widely believed to be a financier of the Democratic Congress’ election campaign.
It is not clear why the ministry did not respond to the media outlet, instead electing to do so through a hastily arranged press conference which it used to ‘set the record straight’ and insist LTE had not been liquidated.
“I want to put it to you that LTE Consulting is not liquidated and will never be, that is what I am saying,” Masoebe harangued.
He said the ministry did its due diligence and had established that the company was very much operational.
