Tefla Group's previous Garden Route contract was terminated after delays despite R53 million paid before another contractor finished the project. We support AfriForum’s efforts to get to the bottom of a massive government tender for wildfire management, critically important work in a country increasingly tortured by fires threatening lives and property. For two decades, a company called Kishugu Aviation – acknowledged as an expert in the field – has been awarded the contract. AfriForum cited Tefla Group’s previous appointment by the Garden Route district municipality to construct a waste disposal facility in Mossel Bay. AfriForum argues that “if a company could not properly complete a less specialised public contract, it raises serious red flags about its ability to manage a highly specialised wildfire programme”.