Deadly Water (Part Two continued) — Another Rooiwal debacle in Rustenburg

Deadly Water (Part Two continued) — Another Rooiwal debacle in Rustenburg

Tenderpreneur Rudolf Schoeman’s modus operandi was already on display during the 2018 Bospoort contract, but the red flags were ignored or buried, which helped CMS Water Engineering secure the R291-million Rooiwal contract.

DEADLY WATER (Part 2 continued): Another Rooiwal debacle in Rustenburg - AmaBhungane Centre for Investigative Journalism

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. The failed project likely played a part in the deadly outbreak of cholera in 2023. But sources in the water industry said this shouldn’t have come as a shock: a 2018 contract to expand the Bospoort water treatment plant had gone sideways in eerily similar circumstances. As …