Kimberley - The former contractor who was hired to build new homes for the family of 50 members from Colville, wants to obtain a court order to prevent further construction from taking place on the site if he is not paid what is due to him.
After a plot was identified in Greenpoint in February 2020, community members threatened to burn and destroy any house constructed on the plot, as they also wanted new houses.The Northern Cape High Court Court dismissed an application by the DA to interdict construction of the homes in Herlear in January this year.
He said he had cleared the site and had laid foundations for three houses before the Covid-19 pandemic hit. “As a small, struggling contractor I cannot take the risk of returning to the site without any guarantees that I will be reimbursed for my services.”