Three of the joint venture partners withdrew and only one contractor remained. This contractor misrepresented the validity of their tax clearance certificate and had outstanding tax returns since 2004. The contract was terminated in September 2008. They cited changes, escalating costs and constant late payments to the contractor among the many problems. The Department terminated the contract with the Ilima Joint Venture and proceeded to enter into another contract with Ilima Projects, the terms of which were inter alia that the Department would avail the services of Tau Pride and PMRG to provide capacity support to Ilima Projects to ensure delivery of the project by 2010.