The cost of the Cape Town Stadium (previously known as the Green Point Stadium) which exceeded its budget by a massive 175% is clearly proving to be an embarrassment to the city council.
The stadium was handed over in December 2009, but ProjectPro could not obtain a copy of the final cost report, notwithstanding many emails and telephone calls to the relevant authorities and invoking the Promotion of Access to Information Act (PAIA). Our application was refused in early 2011 on the grounds that the project team is still in the process of collecting outstanding invoices from contractors and professional claims.
The latest communication from the council’s legal department informs ProjectPro that “The draft 2010 WC Close-Out Report was submitted to the Executive Management Team (EMT) meeting on 20 June when it was agreed it that it should be submitted to a the Strategic Mayoral/EMT meeting scheduled for 3 August 2011 to obtain guidance on the publication and dissemination of the report”. Read More
The stadium was handed over in December 2009, but ProjectPro could not obtain a copy of the final cost report, notwithstanding many emails and telephone calls to the relevant authorities and invoking the Promotion of Access to Information Act (PAIA). Our application was refused in early 2011 on the grounds that the project team is still in the process of collecting outstanding invoices from contractors and professional claims.
The latest communication from the council’s legal department informs ProjectPro that “The draft 2010 WC Close-Out Report was submitted to the Executive Management Team (EMT) meeting on 20 June when it was agreed it that it should be submitted to a the Strategic Mayoral/EMT meeting scheduled for 3 August 2011 to obtain guidance on the publication and dissemination of the report”. Read More
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