DURBAN - KwaZulu-Natal’s Department of Public Works has warned contractors and senior departmental officials to finish incomplete government projects or risk being backlisted and having their contracts terminated.
Martin Meyer, provincial MEC for Public Works, said the department was implementing consequence management, which had in the past been neglected.
“Consequence management is something that has fallen by the wayside in the past and we’re making it part of our culture," Meyer said.
"Contractors don’t just disappear in the mist. They are appointed by us and therefore we must take responsibility if they’re not able to perform as they’re supposed to."
He said the provincial department has already started with the process of blacklisting contractors who underperform, despite being allocated large budgets.
The MEC said seven contractors have already been identified.
“Not only do we want to blacklist their companies. We want to blacklist the directors with their names and ID numbers and make sure that those individuals cannot do business with us again.
“But it can’t stop there. We must also look to ourselves, learn these lessons and what we can do better, and where we did wrong, we must be held accountable,” the MEC added.