. In the North West province, a contract with a value of R460 161 was awarded with a planned completion date of 23 April 2006. The contract was terminated in February 2007 due to insufficient progress and poor quality of work. Although tenders to appoint a replacement contractor were invited in February 2009, by 30 June 2009, which is more than two years after the contractor was terminated, a replacement contractor had still not been appointed.