PPADB appeals ruling in property lease tender row
Friday, January 27, 2017
The Zambezi Towers is the building that was offered for lease
Both the Ministry and PPADB jointly approached the Court of Appeal seeking an order to overturn the High Court’s judgement and an order in which Varsha had been approved as the preferred bidder.
Varsha Enterprises is a company owned by property mogul Sayed Jamali and Zambezi Motors is an estate company, owned by businessman Ishmael Nshakazhogwe.
Speaker of the National Assembly, Dithapelo Keorapetse, has this week rightly washed his hands of the mess, refusing to wade into a party squabble that has no clear leadership and no single version of the truth.When a single party sends six different letters to the Speaker’s office, each claiming to be the authoritative voice, it is not just confusion, but an embarrassment.Keorapetse is correct to insist on institutional boundaries. Parliament...