Zac�s P330m tender dispute nears finality

Nicholas Zakhem.PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO
Nicholas Zakhem.PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO

The Court of Appeal (CoA) will next month rule on an appeal against the decision of the Public Procurement and Asset Disposal Board (PPADB) not to award a P330 million tender to Zac Construction.

Zac, a company owned by prominent businessman Nicholas Zakhem, filed an appeal last year after the High Court had ruled against the company’s earlier application.

The company had sought the High Court to review and set aside the PPADB’s decision not to award it the multi-million pula tender for the construction of infrastructure development in Metsimotlhabe Block 4.

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