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Cipro chief suspended over probe

Cape Town - The chief executive of Cipro (Companies and Intellectual Property Registration Office), Keith Sendwe has been suspended in connection with tender irregularities, according to the Democratic Alliance, whose trade and industry spokesmen visited the Minister Rob Davies last week.

Andricus van der Westhuizen, deputy spokesperson, said on Monday that Sendwe, and chief information officer, Michael Twum-Darko, who were allegedly involved in rigging a R152m Electronic Content Management (ECM) tender to ValorIT, have both been placed on special leave with immediate effect.

"On Thursday last week, I, along with Kobus Marais MP, the DA's Shadow Minister of Trade and Industry, met with the Minister of Trade and Industry Rob Davies and the director general at the department, Tshediso Matona, to request that both Twum-Darko and Sendwe be suspended," Van der Westhuizen said. "We therefore warmly welcome this move.

"These suspensions follow shortly after we received written confirmation of the launching of an independent investigation into the awarding of the ValorIT contract - again, this was at the DA's behest."

- I-Net Bridge

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