Sodi was explaining how Blackhead and its joint venture partner Diamond Hill Trading — whose director was Ignatius Mpambani — found itself subcontracting its work to Mastertrade 232 for R44m.
The Blackhead-Diamond Hill Trading joint venture had been awarded a contract worth R255m in October 2014 to audit and assess Free State homes with asbestos roofing,
The joint venture later subcontracted Mastertrade 232 to do the audit. Mastertrade, in turn, subcontracted ORI Group to do the audit and assessment for R21.3m.
Mpambani was shot dead by unidentified assailants in Sandton in June 2017.
In short, those who got the contracts were not able to do the work, except to collect the money.
