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CoGHSTA welcomes court outcome on XJR Construction matter

Mpumalanga - Office of the PremierRef: https://www.mpg.gov.za/media/coghsta-welcomes-court-outcome-xjr-construction-matter

Official source

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Collected on 1 August 2026

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What this means

This is a CoGHSTA (Mpumalanga Department of Cooperative Governance, Human Settlements and Traditional Affairs) media statement dated 31 July 2026 about a High Court outcome in litigation with XJR Construction. The court found the Department’s urgent application to be urgent and ordered that a warrant of execution against the Department be stayed pending the determination of the Department’s rescission application. The court also ordered XJR Construction to pay the costs of the urgent application on a party-and-party Scale B. The rescission application is set down for hearing on 31 August 2026.

Facts

Places

Mpumalanga

Reference

https://www.mpg.gov.za/media/coghsta-welcomes-court-outcome-xjr-construction-matter

Amounts

R 470 000 000

Key Takeaways

  • Issuing department: CoGHSTA (Mpumalanga)
  • Date of media statement: 31 July 2026
  • Court: High Court
  • Case: XJR Construction vs CoGHSTA/Department
  • Claim amount: approximately R470 million
  • Subject: construction of government-subsidised houses
  • Warrant of execution issued against the Department
  • Urgent application to stay warrant pending rescission application
  • Urgent application argued: 28 July 2026 (judgment reserved)
  • Ruling date: 31 July 2026
  • Order: warrant of execution stayed pending determination of rescission application
  • Costs order: XJR Construction to pay costs on party-and-party Scale B
  • Rescission application hearing date: 31 August 2026
  • MEC quoted: Speed Mashilo
  • Contact person: Freddy Ngobe (phone numbers and email provided)
  • Cooperative Governance, Human Settlements and Traditional Affairs (CoGHSTA)
  • Mpumalanga Department of Cooperative Governance, Human Settlements and Traditional Affairs
  • XJR Construction
  • High Court
  • Speed Mashilo
  • Freddy Ngobe

Dates

Closing Date

28 July 2026