Riverwalk suit postponed to August

Lawyers representing all the three parties agreed in chambers that further particulars and documents will have to be provided before the case begins. According to the agreed timeline the plaintiff will have to file declaration statements on June 28, while the defendants will file their pleas on July 13. The case will only start on August 27, 2010.

In his writ of summons Oremeng states that his application to build a shopping complex at what is now called Riverwalk mall was unprocedurally, without good cause, fraudulently and deceitfully frustrated by Mhlauli when he allocated this piece of land to Eddie Norman. As a consequence, Oremeng said he suffered damages in the sum of P3 million and maintains that government and Mhlauli, who was a government employee at the time, are liable.