Multimillion-rand road project still not finished 12 years later

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Contractor Mutshutshu Nxumalo, director of Oro Projects, has told of how extortionists forced him to abandon a R52m road construction project after his equipment was vandalised for refusing to badge to demands for payment.

30 Jul 2025 English South Africa News

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