'Spaghetti' war pits Motswana against Chinese

Thapama interchange junction PIC: KEOAGILE BONANG
Thapama interchange junction PIC: KEOAGILE BONANG

FRANCISTOWN: In an episode akin to the biblical David versus Goliath fight, a Motswana contractor, Gothatamang Reineetse has instituted a civil legal suit against China Railway Seventh Group Botswana (Pty) Ltd (CRSG) over a breach of contract claim.

Reineetse who is the sole director of Dry Landers (Pty) Ltd wants CRSG, which is wholly owned by China Railway Group Limited, whose major shareholder is the Chinese state-owned China Railway Engineering Corporation (CREC), to pay him around P3,7 million for allegedly prematurely terminating his contract.

Dry Landers was sub-contracted by CRSG on July 25, 2015 to manufacture and install steel piles, boiler making, bolting, drilling and puncturing works at the Thapama Interchange Junction popularly known as the ‘Spaghetti’ road. The Spaghetti cost the State close to P1 billion (P979, 995,312.38) and was officially opened by former president, Ian Khama last year.

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