SADMON 4: Autopsy of the Phila campaign
The bill for July 2017 was R17-million but very little was achieved – and the Department of Health shouldered some of the blame as it often was not available to approve Phila activities.
SADMON 3: Red Ribbon or white elephant?
Millions of condoms pile up at the Department of Health’s Red Ribbon warehouse as there seems to be no budget to pay couriers.
SADMON 2: How not to manage a govt contract
Monthly progress reports submitted by Sadmon are studded with incidences of frustration and finger pointing. While the Department of Health is clearly highly ineffectual in extracting value from this contract, Sadmon are not the innovative, mass media communication experts they profess to be.
SADMON files 1: DoH awards R352m to controversial company
In 2015 Johannesburg-based company, Sadmon Projects and Consulting was awarded a three year, R352 million tender to handle the Department of Health’s “mass media communication and social media mobilisation campaign” relating to HIV & AIDS, Tuberculosis and maternal child & women’s health, as well as the promotion of healthy lifestyles. Spotlight’s Anneliese King reports