Public works in disarray with millions wasted
Sarah Baartman Centre of Remembrance still incomplete after 11 years
22 June 2025 - 00:00
A company contracted by Public Works to build a courthouse for R285m was replaced at the final stretch — with just R10m in work outstanding — and the project given to another company that was paid R116m to complete the job...
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