Waste tender court action goes ahead

THE provincial Health Department and Butterworth medical waste-removal company raided by the Green Scorpions some months ago have failed to have a high court action postponed. Last week acting Bhisho High Court judge Leon Kemp allowed Durban-based firm Compass Waste Services to proceed with its claim against the department. Compass alleges the department showed favouritism in awarding a R17-million waste-removal tender to Butterworth- based Aesthetic Waste Services. Earlier this year after a...