23
Oct
Ester Mbathera Ren-Form CC, a South African company that won a contract to print over 3.8 million ballot papers for the National Assembly and Presidential elections, has broken off ties with Wicknell Chivhayo, a Zimbabwean businessman. Zimbabwean media and the Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) highlighted the connection to Chivhayo. They alleged corruption and maladministration in the awarding of the tender by the Electoral Commission of Namibia. In a statement issued on Wednesday, the company's lawyers, Mathopo Attorneys, said Ren-Form has, on numerous occasions, placed on record in the public domain that the allegations of corruption and price inflation levelled against…