President Cyril Ramaphosa has denied it, but according to a forensic investigation by audit firm PwC the Shanduka Foundation was part of a half-billion rand contract to refurbish Free State schools in 2013.
The PwC, in 2019, red-flagged the project, and now the provincial department of education is trying to get condonation for the allegedly unsolicited bid.
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