Cape Town – Lumen, the company axed by the City of Cape Town for “non-performance” on the R234 million IT contract for MyCiTi, has been provisionally liquidated – and says it is holding the municipality “primarily responsible”.
Judge Lee Bozalek ruled in the Western Cape High Court last week that Lumen Technologies be placed under provisional liquidation, and to show cause by July 8 why the order should not be made final.
The application was lodged by Questek, one of the subcontractors on the MyCiTi project.
Judge Bozalek noted in his judgment that although Questek had obtained substantial awards and cost orders against Lumen for unpaid fees, it had recovered only R2m to date…
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