Basic Education Minister Siviwe Gwarube says she does not know the owners of Lighthouse Publishers that won a portion of the textbook tender after it was established days after the tender terms were issued.
Basic Education Minister Siviwe Gwarube has distanced herself from the newly formed Lighthouse Publishers that was awarded the share of R285 million in the R1.6 billion textbook contract despite being with no prior publishing history.
Gwarube said she does not know the owners of Lighthouse Publishers, which won a portion of the tender after it was established days after the tender terms were issued.
“I have no relationship with the company or its owners, and nor have I ever engaged with them,” she said when she responded during the question-and-answer session in the National Assembly.
EFF MP Mandla Shikwambana asked in the main question who had approved the redesign of the textbook catalogue model.
