Sefalana MD Unmasks Lotto Rival As A Front

Sefalana MD Unmasks Lotto Rival As A Front
Sefalana MD Unmasks Lotto Rival As A Front

Sefalana managing director Chandra Chauhan, also chair of citizen conglomerate, Grow Mine Africa, who is the preferred bidder to manage the country’s first ever national lottery, has unmasked rival, Ithuba Solutions, as a mere front, hiding behind two citizens to window dress.

However, Chauhan says the Gambling Authority came close to describing Ithuba’s citizenship composition as fronting, saying the subterfuge of using two citizens of Botswana to window dress, devoid of any real intention to transfer ownership is a prohibited practice in procurement proceedings in the country.

He gave as an example a Public Procurement and Asset Disposal Board (PPADB) law stating that a contractor shall not be involved in fronting, tokenism, window-dressing and rent a Motswana practice in any form of public procurement.

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