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With the project completed between 60% and 70%, the new completion date is set for May 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The original date of completion was set for October 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Malcolm Figg, Tsitsi-Kouga Constituency Leader, says, \u201cThe original contractor ran into money problems and ceded the project to another contractor in October 2017. Unrest due to workers not being paid by the first contractor caused numerous delays in the past.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cShoddy workmanship and the ceding of the contract will now lead to a budget increase. At this stage quantity surveyors are still calculating how many more millions will be poured into this debacle.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Figg says that during an oversight meeting on Tuesday, there was little evidence of a project warranting the spending of R165 million. 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