Zondo wants Hawks to look into R647m 'adjustment' to Transnet deal

"There was nothing to relocate when we were told that the delivery point must be changed from Pretoria to Durban," said Gonsalves.

"In my opinion, I don’t think we were entitled to the relocation costs. It’s not like there was this big crane that needed to be moved [to Durban]," he told Business Day on the sidelines of the inquiry. Gonsalves told the commission, chaired by deputy chief justice Raymond Zondo, that their preference was to manufacture the locomotives at Pretoria’s industrial area of Koedoespoort.The CNR Consortium charged Transnet a relocation fee of R9.7m, which was included in the total cost of R9.7bn, but this ballooned to R647m after a company called Bex was brought in by the CNR Consortium to negotiate the relocation price.

After Gonsalves had concluded his testimony on Friday, Zondo said:"We must alert the chair of Transnet of this evidence that we have heard." "It's all taxpayers' monies, your money, all our monies, R647m, that's close to R1bn," said Zondo, who instructed the commission's legal team to get in contact with the head of the Hawks over the matter.

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