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News24 reports that days after the board of the Independent Development Trust (IDT) suspended its CEO, she was caught on camera allegedly trying to bribe the journalist who first exposed the tender fraud allegations that landed her in hot water.
On Friday, the IDT board announced that it had suspended Tebogo Malaka, following damning findings of an independent investigation into tender fraud pertaining to an R800 million oxygen plant programme for around 55 hospitals. On Wednesday, Daily Maverick reported that Malaka and the IDT’s spokesperson, Phasha Makgolane, offered journalist Pieter-Louis Myburgh a R60,000 bribe, and that the exchange was caught on video. Myburgh was allegedly also previously offered the chance to bring his own contractors to the IDT for tenders.
Taking to social media platform X, Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Dean Macpherson expressed “disbelief” and indicated that he would be addressing this matter as soon as possible after consulting with the IDT board. Macpherson briefed the media last week on the investigation into the IDT and the oxygen plan tenders, describing the findings as showing “a monumental failure in governance and adherence to IDT policies and National Treasury regulations – undermining the integrity of public procurement and threatening donor funds”. Turning to Malaka’s role, he said she “failed to exercise oversight”.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Jan Gerber at News24 (subscription / trial registration required)
- Watch the video of Malaka allegedly offering journalist cash to quash investigation, at Daily Maverick
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