The high court has lambasted the cash-strapped Ditsobotla municipality for attacking its administrative Acts by attempting to withdraw a R7.5m contract it gave to a company that saved and restored its collapsing electricity supply two years ago.
This after the North West municipalitys court application to have the contract with Kwende Construction squashed by the high court in Mahikeng failed last week. Instead, the court reinforced its July order compelling the council to pay the outstanding R6.7m debt owed to Kwende.
The company was hired in 2023 in an emergency procurement to save the collapsing power supply, which had affected a large part of Ditsobotla. However, on completion of the job and receiving the Certificate of Completion from the council, Kwende was only paid R1m due to Ditsobotlas cash flow problems.
