The Eastern Cape health department has refuted claims going round that it paid a dead man about R1m after his company and name appeared on the list of companies awarded contracts in the province.
Odwa Matshaya’s friends and relatives revealed that they were surprised to see his name on the list owing to the fact that he died two years ago.
A relative confirmed that Matshaya’s 2KS Construction company was on the awardees list.
However, the health department debunked this claim on Sunday. According to the department’s spokesperson, Siyanda Manana, the director of 2KS Construction was Nceba Kwakweni, not Matshaya.
“The Eastern Cape department of health wishes to state categorically that the newspaper article contains falsehoods that border on absurdity.”
“The director of 2KS Construction is not the person listed in the article. The director is alive and he is Nceba Kwakweni”.
However, Kwakweni chose not to comment on this controversial revelation.
“Let’s leave this. I am not going to comment,” he said.
When asked why Matshaya’s name appeared on the list of companies, Manana replied that a proper response will be released on Monday.
