More than 40 contractors to be blacklisted by the DPWI, Macpherson says
Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Dean Macpherson is ramping up the pace at which underperforming or corruption-accused contractors are being blacklisted, with more than 40 on the shortlist already.
“The Construction Industry Development Board has . . . been tasked to get ahead of underperforming contractors and blacklist them without delay and to ensure they are unable to wreak havoc on any other town, village or city within the months ahead,” he said at the inaugural Public Works and Infrastructure Summit, in Sandton, on April 1.
Macpherson said he had long been frustrated at the slow pace of the blacklisting of these suppliers.
“It is unfortunate that only one company has been delisted from supplying the Department [of Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI)] since 2002. This is simply unacceptable and needs to be urgently addressed if we want to reverse the culture of impunity,” he said.
He said that it was for this reason that the DPWI had started working to reform its blacklisting policy, which would ensure that contractors who underperformed or engaged in unethical practices would no longer have the privilege of working on public projects of any kind ever again for any department or sphere of the State.
“[The DPWI is] turning over a new leaf. The department is . . . moving to become a serious player in achieving South Africa's developmental goals and, over the last few months, we have strengthened the department through filling key vacancies and the introductions of new accountability mechanisms,” Macpherson said.
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