Thomson Reuters, a global media and information corporation, has halted cooperation with a South African subcontractor following a newspaper story alleging a conflict of interest in the awarding of a 225 million rand ($14 million) government IT contract.
ZA Square’s directors were all senior employees of the Office of the Chief Justice (OCJ), which awarded the contract to Thomson Reuters.
The OCJ and Thomson Reuters are probing whether the directors got a slice of the lucrative deal because of their knowledge of the contract. Thomson Reuters was awarded a contract for a nationwide rollout of CaseLines, – a Thomson Reuters court document and evidence management platform.
ZA Square signed a contract with Thomson Reuters after advertising for a subcontractor in January, Thomson Reuters spokesperson Dave Moran told the newspaper.
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