Electricity supply bid threatened by court case
The case filed by DNG in April to be named as a preferred bidder in place of Turkey’s Karpowership will not be heard until mid-July at the earliest
24 May 2021 - 18:12
A legal wrangle over a power supply contract worth an estimated R218bn could derail the government’s attempts to ease electricity shortages that have hobbled the economy for more than a decade.
The case filed by DNG Energy in April to be named as a preferred bidder to provide about 1,220MW of electricity by August 2022 in place of Turkey’s Karpowership won’t be heard in the Pretoria high court until mid-July at the earliest. Karpowership and other bidders who won smaller deals have until the end of that month to conclude the necessary regulatory and funding requirements for their contracts to take force...
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