P5 billion mega water projects awarded across 10 entities during SoE

Despite wild allegations that Khato Civils had been the dominant beneficiary of mega water projects tenders during the State of Emergency after bagging two widely publicised mega water projects tenders, the Masama 100km (P781, 555, 356. 90) and the Mmamashia Water Treatment Plant (P875,  923, 178. 85), Mmegi can reveal that in fact the most dominant mega water tenders player is little known, media shy, China state-owned entity, China State Construction and Engineering Corporation (CSCEC) (Pty) Ltd, which has bagged three mega water tenders  of a combined value of P2 billion.

These are the P1, 046, 640, 122. 49 Lobatse Water Master Plan package for construction of pump station at Forest Hill reservoir site,  as well as Gaborone to Lobatse pipeline, and a reservoir installment at Lobatse.