Sumayya J

We Drill Africa Borehole Thievery

I would like to inform/notify/complain about We Drill Africa that has defrauded Sea Point Primary School from R68'000 for a borehole that was never installed. On 20 November 2017 received a quote from We Group t/a We Drill for R113’346.78 for a borehole to be installed at Sea Point Primary School. On 6 December 2017 the school paid a deposit of R68’000 and received confirmation that installation would proceed on 29 January 2018. And on Monday 29 January – when they were supposed to start Drilling by 11 am - no one pitched! The owner did not respond to calls or sms'es... From the period 29 January until 21 March they could not offer the school a valid reason for not starting the job. All emails and texts were responded to with ‘in a meeting’ or ‘will call you back’… On the 22 March the school received an email apologizing for the delay and offered discounted rate or a full refund of the deposit if cancelled... By the 11th April the school formally cancelled the contract and demanded the return of the deposit of R68’000 which was acknowledged with a promise to pay within 7 working days. By 23 April 2018 We Drill Africa has ignored all calls and requests for the refund. The school was left with no other option to hand them over to our Lawyers for legal collection. What a terrible service they offer! It is such a disappointment that they operate in such an unethical way. The school has paid alot of money for a service that was NOT delivered! In my opinion any business that cannot deliver a service that they have been paid for should not be in business at all! Disclaimer: I, Sumayya Johaar, am reporting this in my personal capacity as a Member of the SGB of Sea Point Primary School. All views are my own and does not represent that of the School.