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Lesufi panic button palaver: 'Ghost' company linked to former e-Government CIO wins contract

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Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi (Melinda Stuurman/Netwerk24)
Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi (Melinda Stuurman/Netwerk24)

The Gauteng Department of e-Government, punted heavily by Premier Panyaza Lesufi, awarded a contract for an e-panic button to a seemingly non-existent company registered at a building owned by the department's former chief information officer (CIO).

Onele Innovation was awarded the R1-million contract. It has no online footprint, and the cellphone numbers for its director, 29-year-old Onele Malindi, do not work. There is no trace of Malindi online, except for a sparse Facebook page.

News24 went to the address where Onele Innovation claimed to be registered with the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission and found a shabby student residence.

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