LETTER: Costly lease issue
Department of labour mum over high court ruling that cancellation of property lease was unlawful
I have had the dubious honour of participating in the budget report from the department of employment & labour. This report seems to be a regurgitation of the past and unfortunately nothing spectacular with regard to its new task in creating jobs. “Same old, same old.”
What is interesting is another issue which has reared its ugly head and was ignored in the budgeting process. In 2012, Milestone Property leased a building at No1 Heerengracht Street, Cape Town to the CCMA for a period of 10 years. For some reason or other, the department of labour tried to back out of this lease by unilaterally cancelling its commitments. ..
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