More than 50 percent of the 300 rigged projects disclosed by construction firms will go unpunished because the offences were committed more than three years before the Competition Commission’s investigation.
Trudi Makhaya, deputy commissioner, said the 15 companies involved had disclosed to the commission a total of 300 projects in which unlawful practices had taken place, but 155 projects had been rigged more than three years before the commission’s investigation started in 2009.