The DA in Gauteng is concerned that a security company linked to the ANC deputy mayor of Tshwane got a R49 million security contract from the Gauteng Health Department.
According to a written reply by Gauteng Health MEC Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko to my questions in the Gauteng Legislature, Triotic Protection Services was awarded a R49 million contract on 5 May last year to guard five clinics in the Tshwane area, as well as the Office of the MEC.
But DA Tshwane Councillor Jacqui Uys has revealed that Triotic was started by Eugene Modise, the ANC Deputy Mayor and MMC of Finance. Although Modise stepped down as director of Triotic shortly after becoming a councillor in 2023, the registered company address is a property owned by his mother, Nelly Modise. Furthermore, Neo Mafodi, the company’s HR Manager turned director, is allegedly the mother of Modise’s child.
The DA in Tshwane has pushed for a forensic investigation into whether Modise benefits from the city’s R300 million a year security tender as Triotic is on the City’s panel of watchman services, even though the Auditor-General flagged their appointment as a limitation.
Another red flag is that SARS got a judgement against Triotic for an amount of R59 million of tax owed over a period of 5 years, which raises questions about their tax clearance certificate.
Tshwane Mayor Nasiphi Moya has now acted on the DA’s demand for an investigation into her Deputy Mayor.
It is suspicious that this firm was chosen to guard the MEC’s own office, even though she says Triotic does have tax clearance, and there were no irregularities in their appointment.
The DA Gauteng will closely monitor the Tshwane probe into Triotic and will push for an independent investigation of its contracts at provincial level as well.