[Thread] A Twitter preview of @amaBhungane’s #Kgoro investigation:
In the middle of Sandton is a ‘crime scene’.
Stand on the rooftops of any of the big corporates – Alexander Forbes, EY, Werksmans – and you can see it: three hectares of prime land, hijacked from the city…
In the middle of Sandton is a ‘crime scene’.
Stand on the rooftops of any of the big corporates – Alexander Forbes, EY, Werksmans – and you can see it: three hectares of prime land, hijacked from the city…
In 2008 the City of Joburg agreed to sell the land above the Sandton Gautrain station to a politically-connected developer for R280m.
But the Regiments Kgoro Consortium, never paid the purchase price, the development never happened, and the project went into liquidation.
But the Regiments Kgoro Consortium, never paid the purchase price, the development never happened, and the project went into liquidation.
The land – described as “arguably the most important single piece of undeveloped real estate in South Africa” – is now out of the city’s hands and is destined to be sold by the liquidator.
Why was this allowed to happen?
@amaBhungane investigates #Kgoro
Why was this allowed to happen?
@amaBhungane investigates #Kgoro
Keep reading! Here is part 1 of @amaBhungane’s #Kgoro three-part investigative series: amabhungane.org/stories/211109…
@amaBhungane investigates #Kgoro
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@amaBhungane investigates #Kgoro
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