The EFF blamed the DA noting how the politically connected, rather than schools, benefitted from a tender that was full of irregularities. The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) has criticised the Democratic Alliance (DA) after it emerged that there were irregularities in a costly government tender in the Western Cape. Focus turned to the DA’s provincial stronghold last week after parliament heard feedback from a forensic investigation into the R1.2 billion tender at the State Information Technology Agency (Sita). The five-year contract, awarded to the Blue Networks Consortium (BNC), was intended to maintain and expand local area network (LAN) services for schools in the Western Cape. The investigation, carried out by law firm Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr (CDH), revealed multiple flaws in the bidding and evaluation processes. ALSO READ: Here’s how Western
