Dear Valued Stakeholder
Kindly receive our latest update regarding the
relationship between GladAfrica Project Managers and the City of Tshwane
Metropolitan Municipality.
Following negotiations between GladAfrica
Group (Pty) Ltd and officials of the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality
regarding the contract between GladAfrica Project Managers and the
Municipality, we confirm that the two parties agreed on a separation by mutual
consent.
We maintain our initial stance on the matter –
that GladAfrica Project Managers was appointed after a rigorous selection
process that looked at among other things, our capacity to deliver on the project.
We have met and satisfied all the requirements
as stipulated in the Municipality’s Supply Chain regulations and the Municipal
Finance Management Act.
It was against this background that we
approached the Gauteng Ethics Advisory Council to probe our conduct with regard
to the bidding process for the contract. We await the outcome of this process.
We also welcomed the Tshwane Council-initiated
probe into this matter and the process subsequently undertaken by the office of
the Auditor-General to ascertain whether all the legal prescripts were followed
in concluding the contract. We have noted the findings emanating from this
process.
The Board of Directors of the GladAfrica Group
considered the matter at its meeting in August 2018. The Board took a position
that should any aspect of the bidding process be found to be non-compliant with
the Municipality’s Supply Chain regulations and the Municipal Finance
Management Act, GladAfrica Project Managers should seek to have the
relationship reviewed.
We pride ourselves with our delivery on the
tasks assigned to us over the past 15 months that we have been contracted to
the municipality. Our dynamic teams have helped the municipality turnaround the
delivery of services to the people of Tshwane and reverse backlogs.
We have worked closely with the municipality
to support officials in their quest to meet the administration’s electoral
mandate.
We further acknowledge the decision by the
municipality to entrust us with the responsibility of concluding outstanding
projects until end of June 2019. Our teams stand ready to execute the assigned
tasks as they’ve impeccably done since our appointment in 2017.
Our relationship with the City of Tshwane
Municipality dates back more than a decade ago when we were awarded our first
opportunity.
We wish to thank the municipality’s
administration for finding us capable and suitable to do the work that had been
assigned to us. We value the relationship and are grateful for every
opportunity we get to work in the municipality.
For any further queries relating to
GladAfrica Group, kindly contact GladAfrica Marketing and Communications on
communications@gladafrica.com
Issued by GladAfrica Group