South Africa Towns Seek $380 Million From World Cup Builders
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South African towns are seeking reimbursement of as much as 3.9 billion rand ($380 million) from construction companies for overcharging on stadium and road contracts for the 2010 soccer World Cup.
“We plan to claim as much as we can from the construction companies,” Lance Joel, chief of operations at the Pretoria-based South African Local Government Association, said in a phone interview today. “It is fair.”