On November 12, the High Court issued an interim order restraining the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure and Absa Bank from paying any funds to Pro-Serve Consulting arising from the Modipane–Mabalane road project. The order also restricted Pro-Serve, the ministry, and Unik Construction from contaminating the construction project or dispossessing Tau Grading from exclusive possession of the construction site. This was after Tau Grading launched an ex parte urgent application at the High Court, seeking an anti-dissipation order preserving funds deposited by the ministry into the Pro-Serve account at Absa Bank.
Pro-Serve engaged Tau Grading in October 2024 for the discharge of works on the Modipane–Mabalane road project. Things took a turn for the worse in September, when Tau Grading suspended construction works on account of non-payment. In response, Pro-Serve instructed Tau Grading to continue discharging its duties or risk being construed to be non-compliant.
The development manager cited a clause in its contract with Tau Grading, which states that the contractor will not be paid until corresponding payment has been made by the government. It is not uncommon in this part of the world for parents to actually punish their children when they show signs of depression associating it with issues of indiscipline, and as a result, the poor child will be lashed or given some kind of punishment. We have had many suicide cases in the country and sadly some of the cases included children and young adults. We need to start looking into issues of mental health with the seriousness it…
