former government official Auswell Mashaba’s company had secured just four months after it was established in 2012, despite submitting a tax clearance certificate with no VAT number and having no formal contract with Vossloh Espana during the bid process.
Ramatlakane told the Mail & Guardian there were currently seven of the locomotives “at the harbour in Spain ready for shipment” and six in the country ready for commissioning. The agreement would also include two years of capital spares and two years of maintenance service in South Africa, the training of ten drivers in South Africa and in Spain, and delivery to Prasa’s chosen port of entry, he added.
“They are saying they do not want them, because they will be coming with shacks, not with houses,” Ramatlakane said.
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