The Rep reporter Abongile Solundwana writes:

It is amazing the levels some people are willing to stoop to cover up the mess they deliberately got themselves into, like the owner of OTJ Laundry who failed to look after the Komani Hospital patients’ clothing and linen (The Rep, February 22) and who claimed I received a R500 bribe to publish the story.

The report described the piles of laundry, some of it lying on the ground outside, which had been there for years and had been damaged as a result.

There was also mention of the abuse of her employees, most of whom were not registered, and some of whom had not been fully paid.

However, she forgot to mention that the report was backed up with factual, concrete evidence by way of a video and pictures plus photos from the previous report which The Rep reporters took in 2012.

This is a shame, because instead of dealing with the serious disservice she has done in our community, all she could come up with was that I received a bribe.

As a journalist and a tax-paying citizen it is my responsibility to call to account those who believe they are above the law and may do whatever they like at the expense of public servants’ money.

The Rep did not defend itself, but we allowed the public to be the jury.

This reflects that it is not the people who get the tenders who are at fault, but those who are given the power to allocate the tenders.

The moral of the story is: No matter what we do, the truth always comes out in the end.