The Sunday, 03 Could episode of Carte Blanche Carte Blanche has uncovered a close to R1 billion housing venture linked to the Kusile Energy Station that has stood empty for years, elevating critical considerations about wasteful spending and accountability.
From the skin, the residential complicated seems intact, however a better look reveals crumbling constructions, overgrown weeds and widespread neglect throughout lots of of unoccupied items.
Initially constructed to deal with contractors engaged on the ability station, the event by no means accommodated a single resident, at the same time as procurement prices escalated and development stalled.
In the meantime, staff had been positioned in various lodging at extra expense to taxpayers.
The venture now stands as a stark image of mismanagement, with questions mounting over how such a pricey initiative was allowed to deteriorate right into a abandoned “ghost village.”
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Its first episode aired on 21 August 1988 and during the last 34-plus years has earned credibility amongst South African viewers for its investigation into corruption, shopper points, and present occasions.
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