News 24 ran their story as Knysna’s Charm at Risk whilst the Cape Times put the tender scandal on the front page as Knysna Developer at Centre of Storm (click on the pictures for a larger, readable version):
Read the full article...At the start of this blog (Part 1), the controversy was over whether the tender for the ISDF should have been granted to Knysna Creative Heads Consortium. As a team member, Chris Mulder could benefit from the course they steer Knysna in. Is there a conflict of interest? The compliance officer expressed concern that there may be a conflict of interest as envisaged by Section 16 of the tender document for the ISDF as Human Settlement Planning would be undertaken by CMAI. My goal isn’t to provide an answer but to … Read the full article…