The ANC-led Rand West District Municipality has awarded a tender valued at R76.18 million to a state official. This takes us on a journey to a place found deep in Rand West City, in a tavern frequented by residents, where a cautionary tale is being told to a passerby:There is something sinister roaming the corridors of the ANC-led Rand West City Local Municipality. Rand West City could starve the Tender by striving to do the following:Disclose contract values, extensions, deviations and completion statuses. The Tender that ate Rand West City is not unstoppable. Rand West City does not need fewer tenders.