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Phadi- Mmutle, Co appeals in P550 million pipeline case

 Phadi Mmutle and her business partners are not about to give up in pursuit of control for the Goodhope District water supply Scheme 2.2 PIC PHATSIMO KAPENG
Phadi Mmutle and her business partners are not about to give up in pursuit of control for the Goodhope District water supply Scheme 2.2 PIC PHATSIMO KAPENG

Former President Mokgweetsi Masisi’s sister, Boitumelo Phadi- Mmutle and her business partners are not about to give up in pursuit of control for the Goodhope District water supply Scheme 2.2 they were awarded for P549.6 million.

With the High Court having determined that the actions of Tianyuan Construction and G & M Building Joint Venture (JV) to lock out and deny the Corporation and its employees’ entry and access to the chambers to the water tanks for the supply of water to the villages of Ditlharapa, Molete, and Mokatako villages constitute an act of spoliation, the JV has now approached the Court of Appeal.

WUC, through attorney Kago Mokotedi, had dragged the JV (first respondent) and the project manager, Kelebogile Monnaatshipi (second respondent), before the court after the contractor shut down the water supply to some villages in the Borolong area by shutting and putting padlocks on chambers supplying water to villages in the area.

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