Despite the Bloemfontein High Court’s decision to set aside the awarding of the Mangaung African Cultural Festival (Macufe) tender to event management company C-Squared, this year’s festival is set to proceed as scheduled over the weekend
Despite the Bloemfontein High Court’s decision to set aside the awarding of the Mangaung African Cultural Festival tender to event management company C-Squared, this year’s festival is set to proceed as scheduled over the weekend.
After the ruling on Monday, C-Squared, which has been organising the event for almost 20 years, said it was going to appeal the ruling.The event management company said it would appeal the damning high court order, which declared unlawful the tender to organise the event. The legality of the contract was challenged by the losing bidder, DS Consortium, who claimed the process to award a multimillion-rand tender was riddled with irregularities.
The department of sport, arts, culture, and recreation released a statement saying it had taken note of the judgment to review and set aside the award to host Macufe. “The department further takes note of the judge’s remarks that Macufe 2022 must go ahead as the judgment is not stopping it,” read their statement.
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