CEDA suspends loan repayments for BCL contractors
Tuesday, November 29, 2016
Thamane PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE
Speaking at last week’s commemoration of the Africa Industrialisation Day and Business Forum, CEDA chief executive officer, Thabo Thamane said the temporary suspension is going to put pressure on the agency’s balance sheet but it was a viable decision to make in light of the situation. Thamane, however said the decision does not stop the suppliers from continuing to pay from other alternative sources of funds.
The provisional liquidation is expected to last until February 2017 when the liquidators produce a report with recommendations on the way forward.
Acting Agriculture Minister, Edwin Dikoloti, is right in saying opening an export-ready facility whilst Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) is still spreading would risk getting the whole country blacklisted before a single carcass leaves the door.A ban like that would break the already stressed nation. So, the postponement, painful as it is, is the right thing to do. The local economy is being squeezed from both ends. FMD has already slammed the door...