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[@cliffardgerber3830]

What happend to free speech?

[@MbuzeniHlatswayo]

You do know that the tender system include all private businesses "white owned companies " too

[@CredoMaxwell]

ANC has dismally failed South Africans with this tendering system. Just imagine how can you trust someone with no experience with 11 billion 😢😢

[@Turkish277]

Even DA in Cape Town. All political parties have no care about us, wake up and look after yourselves.

[@AndrewMcFarlane_1]

ANC voters have failed south Africa

[@avuazahc1966]

Hence they bought X5 and branded Gucci, LV bags for their side chicks renting apartments in Sandton

[@BaronMaron-g2j]

Stop blaming the ANC , blame yourself for believing in politicians

[@AmoMoëti]

The contractor is still going to get another tender projects somewhere is South Africa 😢

[@tobolee6385]

It's comrades right to feed . .

[@TrevorFillis]

The gnu will now allow that

[@mthunzimapatwana]

@@TrevorFillis lol

[@wonderpsk6147]

Accountability is a serious issue in this country.

[@borneyalexander8673]

Scrap the tender system for 10 years, then let the corrupt people answer to the courts, in the meanwhile let the government do all the Provincial Administration Works like in the old days. The sad part of this story, there are honest businesses all over the country, that do not qualify for tenders. Nice job CB

[@khumbuzilemthiyane964]

Not all tenders are corrupt we have many successful projects in SA and just a small margin of a corruption few,that taints many black,well educated,professionals.

[@tobolee6385]

A level playing field..the comrades would never agree to that ...how would they steal ????

[@cliffardgerber3830]

​@@khumbuzilemthiyane964 😂😂😂.

[@MvR640]

​@@khumbuzilemthiyane964 name 5

[@wellinever1558]

Our muncipality said they have to take the lowest tender irrespective how experienced they are.

[@AndileKhumalo-k9y]

Carte blanch team you are doing a wonderful job by opening our eyes...thou it's sad... Now no wonder why we are homeless sihlala emikhukhwini while the big fish are driving around Lamborghini Ferrari nama bodyguards aphethe ibhamu..kodwa Where is the S.I.U😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@pieterventer8212]

Sad sad affairs

[@henda1538]

Hamba ofunda khona uzozakhela

[@khanyaiq1465]

South Africans are just not Angry enough!

[@masibam7752]

Exactly my bra...working class is Soo tamed

[@nozukoprudencemdingi595]

Lack of knowledge is the problem with my people😢

[@Blaqrosse]

They are angry at small pocket jobs Zimbabweans have. 1billion is gone. 1 billion from one single person. It’s just sad

[@lee-annsmith5436]

All of this incompetent and corruption is public knowledge long before elections but yet people still trust these corrupt politicians, South Africans just like to complain that’s why they vote in the same corrupt people into power even if they are the same people campaigning under a different name, the parties names may change but the greed won’t. The voters are actually to blame for the decline in South Africa period 😭

[@KD-us9jm]

@@Blaqrosse They know how to bully people on social media. That's what today's society have become.

[@durbanbrooklyn776]

Again ANC written all over this mess...He should be prosecuted

[@mashudu5157]

This is why is soo happy ANC is no longer majority in government. Next elections they must be brought to 10%

[@samuelt.kisaame7787]

There's never a shortage of so-called "BBBEE Tenderpreneurs" faces behind wasted and ruined projects in South Africa.

[@zengoreseb1352]

People say SA is corrupt , yes there's no country who isn't corrupt but atlest people are arrested for corruption in SA, not like here in Namibia 🇳🇦...here in Namibia corruption is protected to the highest level of Government.... wish we had brave very brave journalist like cart blanch.. wish guys all the best

[@TheKnobCalledTone.]

Just because someone is arrested for corruption, it doesn't mean they'll do any time in prison.

[@lelomkhize]

Is Namibia that bad?🥺😭😭😭😭

[@zengoreseb1352]

@@TheKnobCalledTone. Yes you are right but atlest people involved in corruption is been exposed, atleast the Hawks are questioning high level of Government, atleast you guy's have brave journalist tryna open your eyes...here in Namibia media is controlled,go check our Namibian fishrod case, only few where arrested,and will come out very soon,our SME bank looting that happened in Namibia, People are not question, people involved are walking around freely..I have high respect for SA journalist they are really brave... Millions of dollars are been borrowed by my Namibian Government for projects,but what you see on the ground doesn't reflect,we don't know where the millions are going

[@zengoreseb1352]

@@lelomkhize it's bad bt not bad, there's no jobs in this country cause of corruption,we just 3.2millon in the country over 1 point something million people are unemployed, everythings been run by foreigners, from mining to fishing, Government signs deals with foreigners which doesn't benefit us the Namibians,our Government doesn't even own 50% in mining,they just received royalties, we've the largest Uranium mine in southern Africa but own 0%...but the constitution Says everything that is in the air, on land, or under land,in the ocean belong to the Namibians , but we benefit nothing as people of Namibia, we don't even own land in our own country.. everythings for sale we've been sold by our leadership,I respect SA journalist, they talk the talk and walk the walk

[@ScissorN]

Hey please dont say that i was planning to move to Namibia im tired of SA😢

[@sburger1146]

Our problem is ANC voters. They allowed this to happen.

[@Miss_Greatness]

To be honest this project should have been given to Baldwin Properties, their complexes are mini megacities. This tender thing is not working

[@robertcarr4172]

They look horrendous

[@htprince3729]

Being awarded a tender worth Billions of Rands by the government means billions should go to the ANC and this is a fact. A lot of these projects fail because of ANC and the main reason for initiating these projects is to find a way to channel the money from the government wallet.

[@BongileSango-se6kk]

Somewhere somehow someone didn't do his/her job. This Mhlaba guy needs to go to jail. That's where he belongs. Period 😢

[@tobolee6385]

He's black ..never going to happen..its his right to feed ...

[@nicolaasprinsloo8176]

It the other way around, they did a perfect job to scam money out of the taxpayers coffers😂that's actually how these projects is suppose to turn out-empty promises for the people and huge payouts for the few select that setup the projects 😮 There is more to come, they are not finished yet😮

[@masibam7752]

Sout African working class is really tame...for how long will we tolerate this government

[@Allycat_8702]

But then this guy will be given more tenders in the future😢

[@__alfonso__R]

That's SA.. 11 Billion down the drain.. and they still have pay another service providers now.. Really hope they take SCM to jail

[@VIEWMARY001]

if only we didn't rely on tenders. koze kube nini?????

[@heidimoodley7352]

Look at who gave the company the tender. There is a politician involved.

[@simonsijabadisa655]

SIU must step in and arrest this man.

[@goodmanjobha3757]

SCM must be held accountable for this mess😢

[@flyingnut3752]

@@goodmanjobha3757 no, the gov needs to be held accountable, they failed to select a company with a proved track record to complete this project. No2. They failed to manage this project paid for by tax payers money.

[@musawenkosimavuso566]

They will never do that. There's so many incompetent contractors who got awarded tenders and failed to deliver but the ANC has no measures to hold such people accountable

[@jacquespieterse5135]

I am living and working at the grain silo's featured in the clips. With people living in the houses and there is no sewage system in place , all the raw sewage is running down to our premesis and boreholes. The sight and smell not to mention the health risks are terrable.... Meanwile on the bottom side of the project new tar roads are being build , FOR WHAT ?

[@alwynvisser6300]

South African should get to vote for these projects. Its our money, we should have a say on how its used. Everytime the govement sticks their hand in the publics money there is always corruption and theft. So..where is the law suit to get back what was stolen...? Where is the arrest?

[@ngqabukogaryngwenya7952]

11 Billion rands and the department still says that this constructor met all the required criteria. This is crazy. The people who are involved in this deal from the department must be fired. The problem with South Africa is that there is no accountability for everything thats done. We see this country wide. If all projects from 2010 had gone the way it was meant to be, South Africa would be in a better place.

[@The_Villi]

Thank you for doing this brilliant journalism @Carte Blanche. We really appreciate you guys.

[@siyathwala5036]

Horrible, horrible, horrible....cruelty!😮😢

[@aaditsivenarain]

As a south african... I didn't expect anything else

[@etseke]

That’s why DA must rule this country

[@JokingAtheist]

I would be willing to bet my years salary that these are politically connected Criminal Enterprise ANC cadre/crooks.

[@AndreBotha-qi9sf]

aaaahhh the wonders of BEE

[@SDav21]

There's nothing wrong with BEE to correct the injustices of the past. The problem is how it is implemented and the corrupt people that twist it to suit their own agendas.

[@percymashao1472]

This has absolutely nothing to do with BEE. This "developer" didn't even meet BEE criteria. Its just pure political corruption.

[@Gaofenngwe_Dire]

@@AndreBotha-qi9sf 😂😂😂

[@mohammedashfaakranderee7036]

As long as high crime rates is existent in south Africa we will not move forward.

[@suziebasson1678]

Tax money and people still has nothing 😮

[@gladwellmokome7245]

Thank you Noka for Representing

[@neillkruger5087]

Viva ANC VIVA success stories. Just love this.... Where is Lusufi now????

[@tshepo7122]

I’m tired of being surprised

[@Inspirationdiaries]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@esahm373]

Wasting such gigantic amounts of public funds should be classified as treason!

[@officialpawssa]

11 billion… missing. That’s a hectic number 😧

[@JohannY3]

Here's a revolutionary idea - vote the ANC out then jobs will multiply and then the dear people can buy their own homes and not expect the government to provide everything (which they don't do anyway).

[@JohanLiebert98]

Here are the real problems of SA corruption and lack of accountability, yet everyday on twitter it's all about foreigners, Im afraid there will be nothing to salvage if we don't get our priorities right.

[@Betty-fe9ql]

@@JohanLiebert98 chidima must go 🤣

[@The_Stef3]

another day in South Africa, another scammer... stories like this are a dime a dozen, and nothing really happens and nobody is held accountable.. not by the measure of law in any event.

[@anticorrup-g5o]

It just doesn't stop. Insidious.

[@mattpaco277]

What happened to the modderfontein city, we see bridge in construction in progress That land alleged to be sold wrongfully

[@gxobinjasambemntungwa9694]

Abayinike abelungu le contract, abantu yizehluleki 😂😂into abayaziyo ukuthenga ama Luis Vuitton,nama range Rover bese bebabusy nabaqwayizi kudliwa iyimali ko Laparada 😂😂

[@madinaneneo6155]

@@gxobinjasambemntungwa9694 😂🤣😂

[@RosalieThomson]

Sam Mhlaba is NOT white😡😡😡

[@gxobinjasambemntungwa9694]

@@RosalieThomson you don't understand isiZulu get somebody who does to interpret for you

[@Stitch-g8r]

You tube translate it for us. 😅😅

[@kegomoditswemosoane207]

It translated wrong. All he said was the project needs to go to a white person like Balwin properties

[@sds2954]

This is infuriating. The ANC government has really cost this country big time. And who suffers the most, the poor!! The same people who sadly voted them into power.

[@KamogeloMabuse]

It is totally disheartening that such a big project was destroyed like this. SCM must be investigated and arrested for such thievery. SIU must go after him and charge him. We cannot just watch people stealing money like this.

[@TshaziB]

Our government is careless

[@avinashroopchund7043]

They stopped because they realized that Julius owns the land and he going to ask to give the land back.

[@lordwickphophi6998]

From 1994, the looting flood gates were opened by the ANC for the ANC. Whenever you see an ANC cadre driving a luxury car then know that he bought it through stolen money.

[@paulinapatel]

Tenders 😢No sanitation. Disappointing

[@samkelocele19]

I really enjoyed this episodes and i would love to see more

[@roelofvanheerden832]

Why do they pay tenderwinners the full amount in advance? It has been proofed that most of those contracts don't realise. Pay them like banks pay self builders-persentage on completion in sections If a contractor can't afford it don't give him the tender. They cant manage themselves or the money. In Cosmocity, find out how this tender was given to the failing party

[@lelomkhize]

Mara South Africa why heh?😢

[@avuazahc1966]

Its safe to say "thank you" ANC for another failed project. Trust me that most of that money is somewhere is ANC offices paying staff and stuff at Luthuli House and other ANC branches.

[@eddymakua2175]

This are the leaders you wanna compare to Jon Foster who build JHB

[@AmoMoëti]

Sad😢

[@swazithwala5355]

The housing project in Newcastle as well a lot of people have not been paid for the housing project that's worth over 300 million

[@FrankVerster]

Let me rather say nothing 😂

[@supercake2270]

This is absolutely appalling!! Appalling!!! Shame

[@optimistic5778]

ANC projects...

[@deanoclothier8426]

No surprises? Cyril? Paul?

[@sbongisenindwandwe]

Whoever game him that project must be arrested along with him

[@The_domesticated_man]

What competent developer will take that over without knocking everything down and starting again. Can't trust what's been done.

[@CharlesGlass1895]

Viva ANC Viva!

[@leonJayJay1207]

Disgusting! Tenders will be the end of this country! How did he even get it without having finished projects before.

[@hennietanya3533]

Everybody seems to be so surprised, my question is, WHY? We all could have expected this from the current government.

[@jacooojacooo413]

You know we heard this all before, this is not shocking news. South Africa needs a proper government.

[@dumirose9174]

This is beyond crazy,core corruption of the Anc

[@andrewmorrison8065]

All parties are complicit. If SCM was awarded the project, those who took the decision to do so are equally to blame.

[@whawha9016]

The enablers of this madness: do they have the foresight capacity to understand the wider consequences of making such destructive and wasteful practices possible?

[@MvR640]

Someone please explain why he is still free? Dstv sue me for 1 month behind, what about this guy?

[@kimjansenvanrensburg3807]

This is disgraceful! Where is that guy now? Why isn’t he put in jail?

[@ronetteprinsloo5048]

Feel so sorry for the people not getting paid but also for tax payers who have to continue paying while this country continues with it's corruption! And he still received money last year...

[@gordonsmithsa115]

Sadly nothing surprises me in this country anymore. We all know where the money went to, nothing on this scale gets done without a political hand in it….

[@helenevice6920]

Look deeper, the main contractor will probably be connected to the ANC. What happens is that the main contractor subcontracts to subcontractors some who have no credible experience for a far lesser amount of current building costs. The main contractor then has the audacity to tell the subcontractor to be creative with the menial budget given to them. The bulk of the money is shared between the main contractor and political connections. That is why so many housing projects are so inferior or incomplete.

[@penafrica4321]

please can you do the following investigations to find out how much actually paid before termination of the contract?

[@zwelishadladla1379]

For me, what should be of outmost importance to us is unmasking the politician behind Mhlaba, because there's simply no way Mhlaba was working alone in this. No wonder Panyaza and them dont want the DA in the provincial government

[@abdushakoorjamalmokalane1719]

2 engineers for a 11 billion project 😂😂😂😂

[@LuxuryArchived]

Searched everywhere about this case and found absolutely nothing, definitely some big shot politicians behind this, plus it was during the Zuma era, the worst era the country has ever faced😢

[@angelodavids-ro3oi]

But they will still vote for who they vote because even the political party there who was responsible had to know nothing is right about it but vote for what you believe in then things like that happen

[@Mzukisi_Gwata]

If the state was properly capacited you will not need so many intermediaries to build something. Grifters and tricksters have seen this loophole are still going to milk the state. The state can't even buy a box of matches from the counter, it must be put on tender.

[@jasonroberts9794]

The problem is that contractors need to pay off the Clients representative, the professional team, the local mafias, etc. and at the end of the day there is no money left to do the job

[@samklelolatakisa1846]

BEE is destructive. The tender system is worse. The ANC's incompetence is exposed by such projects.

[@khomotsoseopela5437]

I used to work at Montrose

[@NicoleenDaniels]

I pray that people would respect money as a resource to function and not as a vehicle to get rich, we deserve to grow, and this is sad to see our people are struggling because of one man's wrong doings. A project of this magnitude was supposed to have increased employment drastically with more people benefiting and being able to support households. Dear Government, please employ the correct people to do the correct jobs that were intended, please be diligent in awarding tenders aftercall the funds being mismanaged belong to the people of the country.

[@The_domesticated_man]

Wakanda forever, I saw a flying donkey cart the other day,amazing

[@tonicmoswa7773]

If the City will be build by ANC government, forget.

[@_madebynolo]

What have we done to ANC 😢😢?

[@pieterventer8212]

I don't want to make it a racial complaint, but this is as bad and maybe worse what happened in our past. How our beloved ANC can do this to their own people is a disgrace to say the least. Millions of people are struggling after they have put their faith and hope in the new government, we all hoped things would change for the better. It is sad

[@mrsdoubtfire534]

Surely nobody thought that this ANC mega city would happen? As soon as the ANC dogs smell money, it will be eaten up. The ANC is like a cancer.

[@RickMiller-m5q]

This is half an investigation!! Why was there no attempt to track down the person who got the tender? Why was the department and politician(s) involved not identified and followed up? Seems like Carte Blanche's standards have fallen

[@mopelapiet]

Lol time to eat comrade

[@jonathanbleksley1640]

Designed like prison blocks too

[@nicolaasludick4807]

Black business, predictable, costly and in the enx nithing or almost nothing to show for it.

[@simonestevens7980]

ANC cadres

[@lucianodenobrega5319]

When there is a tender deal. That means corruption.

[@Donmarcusiano]

Such projects shouldn't be awarded to BBBEE what what

[@AIRview2]

Waste of money as usual. The little we have mostly run into looting and stealing. Disgusting

[@dstarsnz]

Okay so was he arrested tho?....😢😢😢this is so sad

[@buhlebenkosixozwa]

guys like this shoulb be prosecuted and the ones responsible for funding him

[@frankbaker6636]

Hi, you did not give any answers as to who at the department is responsible (ministers, finance departments) or where he (mashaba) is now? Incomplete and unsatisfactory report.