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Facebook / Malibongwe Theron Blom

Eastern Cape government official and popular DJ probed for tender corruption

The turntables are about to stop spinning for this government official.

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Facebook / Malibongwe Theron Blom

A government official who works at the Eastern Cape’s Department of Supply Chain Management has been suspended following allegations of colluding with companies doing business with the state.

Eastern Cape govt official/DJ Blomzit suspended amid allegations of tender corruption

Senior admin officer, Malibongwe AKA ‘DJ Blomzit Avenue’ lives two lives. During the week, between office hours, he handles the paperwork at the department. However, after hours and during the weekend, he is popularly known throughout the Eastern Cape as a DJ.

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According to the Sowetan, Blomzit is in big trouble. He is being investigated for “allegedly failing to declare possible financial interests with some of the department’s service providers”.

He also has to answer for why he never declared that his wife’s company was receiving work from the department.

The department’s spokesperson, Malibongwe Mtima, revealed that

“he has been suspended pending investigations into allegations that he failed to declare possible financial interests in service providers.”

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Blomzit defends himself and his wife

The popular DJ would not take these allegations standing down. He recently spoke with Daily Dispatch, and according to him, he had no hand in influencing any deals his wife was involved in with the department.

According to Blomzit, he had declared their relationship in the current financial year.

“I did not even know her at the time. She was working with her cousin n their company. I was never part of any procurement processes into the contracts she entered into with the department,” he stated.

Mtima confirmed that Blomzit was just one of many possible cases that would be investigated by the newly-formed board of inquiry that seeks to flush out corruption in the department.

“The proceedings took place on Thursday [27 September] and Friday [28 September]. The final report from the board is expected within ten days. The superintendent-general will consider the recommendations of the board and issue his instructions,” he added.