Kang-Hukuntsi road halts as Sinohydro demands payment
Friday, May 25, 2012
In an interview, Kang-Hukuntsi road project manager Yan Xing Hua said that they have been forced to stop all surface works on the rehabilitation of the road with only 40 km left before completion as they have run of out money to buy bitumen and diesel.
Following several months stoppage in the rehabilitation of the road last year, due to a standoff on the usage of the Lokgwabe quarry, government and the company reached a compensation settlement in December last year amounting to P23 million which was supposed to be paid, according to the settlement agreement, within a one month period.
While it is widely acknowledged that Khama holds the title of Kgosi, the government’s failure to properly gazette his recognition has raised serious concerns about adherence to legal procedures and the credibility of traditional leadership. (See a story elsewhere in this newspaper.) Recent court documents by the Minister for Local Government and Rural Development, Kgotla Autlwetse, shed light on the intricacies of Khama’s recognition process....