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 »

by Thanduxolo Jika EduSolutions – the company under scrutiny in the Limpopo textbook debacle – didn’t only score a massive textbook deal, but was also allegedly irregularly awarded a toys supply contract for schools in the province. Court papers and a key whistleblower claim EduSolutions – whose Limpopo textbook tender deal would have been worth… Read More »

THANDUXOLO JIKA EduSolutions – the company at the heart of the Limpopo text book controversy – had a contract valued at between R500m and R700m in Limpopo over this year and next, court papers reveal. The company hit the headlines this weekend with claims by Anis Karodia, the education department administrator appointed by the national… Read More »