(1) Whether he is aware that a certain official (name and details furnished) from the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality was requested by the Municipal Public Accounts Committee (MPAC) to provide information on all contracts above R10 million awarded by the bid adjudication committee, whereupon the specified official only disclosed four such contracts, when there were dozens more (details furnished); (2) whether he is aware that the MPAC recommended that an external forensic investigation must be conducted on all tenders awarded for amounts above R10 million without the approval of the accounting officer (details furnished); if not, (a) why was no such external forensic investigation conducted, (b) what steps does he intend to take and (c) what laws and regulations have been transgressed by not having an external forensic investigation; if so, (i) who was responsible for ensuring that such an external forensic investigation took place, (ii) has the external forensic investigation been concluded and (iii) what were the findings and recommendations; Friday, 26 June 2015 889 INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY NO 23 - 2015 (3) what action will he take in order to ensure that said forensic investigation includes all the tenders totalling the R7,2 billion?