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No rush to blacklist Edwin Sodi

Tshwane metro fails to deliver blacklisting notice because it ‘can’t find’ high-profile tenderpreneur

Edwin Sodi celebrating his 50th birthday. The self-declared ANC benefactor’s companies have benefited from government contracts worth hundreds of millions.
Edwin Sodi celebrating his 50th birthday. The self-declared ANC benefactor’s companies have benefited from government contracts worth hundreds of millions.Picture: supplied

Nearly three years after moving to blacklist controversial tenderpreneur Edwin Sodi, the City of Tshwane has failed to even deliver the notice barring his company from state work — citing the extraordinary excuse that it cannot find his address.

However, it took the Sunday Times just one WhatsApp message to find Sodi, who said: “Write whatever you want to write.”

The leader of the DA opposition in Tshwane, Cilliers Brink, accused members of the metro administration — run by a coalition that includes the ANC and ActionSA — of deliberately trying to sabotage the blacklisting of Sodi.

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