Ncojane P1.5 billion water tender blocked despite CoA approval :: Mmegi Online

A 100%-citizen-owned Tawana joint venture won the P1.5-billion Ncojane water tender twice. But just when they thought it was over, the Ministry of Water and Human Settlements, the DCEC and the PPRA now stand accused of obstructing the very court order that vindicated it.

On 27 March 2026, the Court of Appeal (CoA) brought down the curtain on a long-running dispute over one of the country’s largest water-supply tenders. It dismissed an appeal brought by two Chinese-owned construction giants and confirmed that the P1.5 billion Ncojane Water Supply Works contract, which will deliver water to villages across Charleshill (Formerly Ghanzi South) and Kgalagadi North Constituencies, belongs to a 100% citizen-owned bidder, Tawana Joint Venture.

More than six weeks later, the contract has still not been signed. As if that is not enough frustration for the contractors, three different bodies of the State now appear to be pulling in the same direction: away from compliance with the Court’s order.

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Ncojane P1.5 billion water tender blocked despite CoA approval

A 100%-citizen-owned Tawana joint venture won the P1.5-billion Ncojane water tender twice. But just when they thought it was over, the Ministry of Water and Human Settlements, the DCEC and the PPRA now stand accused of obstructing the very court order that vindicated it.

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