Question NW3478 to the Minister of Transport
24 November 2023 - NW3478
Lees, Mr RA to ask the Minister of Transport
What are the details of all funds paid out by her department for the maintenance of the KwaZulu-Natal R74 road from the Free State border to the bottom of the Oliviershoek Pass from 1 June 2022 to 31 August 2023, including but not exclusively, the (a) amounts paid to each contractor, (b) name of each contractor, (c) name of each director of the contracted companies, (d) address of each contractor, (e) scope of work for each contractor, (f) amounts withheld from contractors and (g) expenditure for work done?
Reply:
The question was referred to the Kwa Zulu Natal Department of Transport who has advised that the road in question is road P340 (R74) from Bergville to the Free State border and
- R10 731 792.87
- Madudla Contractors has been the contractor that was working on Main Road 340 (R74) for the duration mentioned (Pass from 1 June 2022 till now).
- Mr S Dlamini is the sole owner / director of the company;
- The company is registered in Van Riebeek park, Ladysmith
- the project scope was for the replacement of the failed Armco pipe with new pipes.
- None withheld
- To date, expenditure on the project is R10 731 792.87