By Johnathan Paoli
Following the Economic Freedom Fighters threatening last week to go to court over the awarding of the National Lottery licence, its lawyers have now written a letter demanding that Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Parks Tau provide a written response confirming that no final award be made to Gold Rush.
The new operating licence is meant to kick in at the end of the month.
“We will seek personal and punitive cost orders against public officials who are found to have acted unlawfully. The public purse should not be prejudiced because of this clearly unlawful conduct which the minister and department has refused to categorically deny and rule out,” attorney Angelike Charalambous said, acting on behalf of the EFF.
The Minister has until Wednesday, 21 May, to respond or face urgent court action.
At the heart of the EFF’s concerns is the announcement that the Gold Rush
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