The legal battle over Mangaung African Cultural Festival (Macufe) has taken another twist as Department of Sport, Arts, Culture, and Recreation (SACR) and Consumer Connectedness (C-2) finally petition the Supreme Court of Appeal.
In November 2022, this publication reported on a management meeting held by the department where the appeal was discussed with other management members voicing their concerns about the appeal and the prospects.
Step UP SA News has a copy of court papers as both SACR and C-2 appeal and challenge Judge Loubser’s ruling that dismissed their application for “leave to appeal”.
The court found the letter by Kramer Wiehmann Incorporated on behalf of C-2 sent to SACR and the Premier’s Office before the awarding of the tender and the failure by the department in its papers to deal with the letter to be “highly suspicious”.
The letter in question in possession of this publication sought to request a meeting to among others “reach a common and the possible conclusion of a public-private partnership agreement to ensure the success of the upcoming festival in October 2022.”
The leave to appeal comes after the damning judgment that declared the awarding of the Macufe tender to C-2 to be unlawful and was set aside.
Its alleged MEC Mahasa is arguing two points namely:
- The letter was not even directed to the Evaluation Committee of the Bid Adjudicating Committee
- Public interest is the loadstar
On 16 November 2022, the Hawks confiscated all Macufe-related documents dating back to 2016, this after Selby Hliliza opened a case at Parkroad Police station.
Mosa Likobo, from DS Consotium, declined to comment saying, “No comment, I will only comment after the court has issued an order on the matter”
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