The decision to pay millions to the Coega Development Corporation, whose headquarters are in Nelson Mandela Bay, has put arbitrator Stuart Riddle under scrutiny
At the centre of the questionable R111-million paid by the Eastern Cape health department to the Coega Development Corporation is an arbitrator who scored multimillion-rand contracts from the corporation. This emerged as the Hawks in the province investigate allegations of fraud and corruption made by former health department infrastructure boss Mlamli Tuswa. He handed over his affidavit to the crime-fighting unit’s anti-corruption task team in East London last month.