by Thanduxolo Jika and Jeanne van der Merwe THE company at the heart of the countrywide textbook tender controversy also scored a “blank cheque” contract to do business with the ANC in Parliament. The man who signed off on the deal was former Chief Whip Mbulelo Goniwe who lost his job and was suspended from… Read More »

JEANNE VAN DER MERWE EIGHT MONTHS after clinching a three-year textbook-and-stationery supply contract in Mpumalanga, controversial school supplies company EduSolutions convinced the government to pay it millions more than the contract allowed for. Leaked documents detailing the company’s bid to supply Mpumalanga’s 1 868 government schools – apparently worth R120m – include a request from… Read More »

Media24 Investigations EduSolutions confirmed yesterday that Dirk Coetzee had been employed by the company and that he had introduced company founder Shaun Battlemann to President Jacob Zuma in 2007 but denied any impropriety. “Mr Coetzee was the Group Risk Head and if he had uncovered any wrongdoing whatsoever he had all the opportunity in the… Read More »

ATHANDIWE SABA and THANDUXOLO JIKA Thousands of Limpopo pupils are still without textbooks four months into the school year as the government probes a controversial R320 million textbook tender in the cash-strapped province. The textbook tender was awarded to EduSolutions, a company controlled by ANC-connected businessmen and former government officials. Whistle-blower Solly Shitangano, a former… Read More »