Minister Macpherson warns contractors against falsifying credentials [SOUND]

# Public Works and Infrastructure minister Dean Macpherson has warned construction companies against misrepresenting their capabilities to secure higher industry grading. Briefing the media in Pretoria, he says inflated grades give businesses an unfair advantage and exposes public projects to unqualified contractors. Macpherson announced the removal of Moriel Infrastructure Group from its register on October 15, following an investigation into its financial and technical credentials, as well as gender-based violence involving its former executive chairperson, Lawrence Mudzinganyama: