Independent Newspapers

A Gauteng property developer has turned to the courts to force the North West Department of Health to move into a R600 million white elephant office park.

Peolwane Properties director Reginald Kukama is asking the Mafikeng High Court to compel the provincial government to pay the company R30m in arrear rental.

His company won a R600m tender to lease the building, but the department never moved into the building. The state-of-the-art office park remains vacant. But the department is arguing that the tender and lease are invalid.

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