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    Limpopo’s food fight

    Aug 09, 2020 4 minutes
    POLOKO TAU poloko.tau@citypress.co.za

    A company owned by the son of a deputy minister is among the new companies awarded contracts by the Limpopo health department to supply food to hospitals. Now other local suppliers are taking legal action, alleging that the supply chain guidelines were flouted, resulting in politically connected individuals benefiting at their expense.

    Themba Botshelo Magadzi, a co-director of Macheke Magadzi Services, landed his first contract with the department. He is the son of Deputy Transport Minister Dikeledi Magadzi. She is also the former MEC for health in Limpopo.

    Magadzi this week confirmed he was “celebrating getting a contract with the health department at last” to supply perishables to hospitals, but denied he was

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