Business community urged to form consortiums to buy BCL
Friday, October 21, 2016
BCL workers
BB, which has appointed a task team to look into the BCL and Tati Nickel mines and suggest the way forward, held consultations with the local business community and other stakeholders.
Mosienyane said if government cannot inject funds into BCL operations so that it continue running, then the business community must come in and tender for the mine as a long-term strategy.
The P300 million internal roads tender is a case study. A bidder’s complaint revealed alleged irregularities. A tribunal ordered a re-evaluation.The council and the initial winner appealed to the High Court. Now, the Ministry of Local Government and Traditional Affairs, frustrated by the delay, writes to the council suggesting the tender be cancelled, and an alternative procurement model be explored, while the matter is still before the courts....