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DEADLY WATER (Part 3): The dominoes fall
4 November, 2025
Recap: In 2019, CMS Water Engineering won a R291-million contract to refurbish the Rooiwal wastewater treatment plant in Tshwane alongside infamous tenderpreneur Edwin Sodi.
DEADLY WATER (Part 2 continued): Another Rooiwal debacle in Rustenburg
31 October, 2025
Recap: In 2019, CMS Water Engineering won a R291-million contract to refurbish the Rooiwal wastewater treatment plant in Tshwane alongside so-called tenderpreneur Edwin Sodi.
Revealed: Maziya’s share in tainted IDT oxygen tender ‘left as it was’ – despite health minister’s promise
29 October, 2025
A R152-million contract with the Maziya–On Site Gas Systems joint venture (JV) to supply hospital oxygen plants has quietly remained with the Independent Development Trust (IDT) – despite public assurances from health minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi that the entire tender.
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