Newly appointed Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs minister Happyton Bonyongwe has been taken to court by CMED (Pvt) Ltd, which is seeking to recover $251 685 for the vehicles hired out to the governments’ ministry.
CMED (Pvt) Ltd issued summons against the former Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) director-general in his official capacity on October 10 and he is yet to enter his appearance to defend. CMED says between 2014 and 2017 they provided car hire services to the Justice Minister who breached the agreements by paying only part of the amount, leaving a balance in the sum of $251 6850. The parastatal sayss ometime in March 2016, through its lawyers, TK Hove and Partners, it wrote a letter of demand to the ministry but was never complied with.
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