“These companies are given most of the subcontracting and the person responsible is Percy Mphahlele”
An executive at the City of Johannesburg’s power utility, City Power, is under investigation for allegedly using his teenage son’s company as a front to score kickbacks from companies contracted to the City.
According to company records, Anego was registered last July, about the same time that Hlelele was registered. Curiously, the records also show that Seanego and Prince are co-directors in Mokgalaka Power Technology, which shares the same business address as a former Anego Africa director, 21-year-old Phomelelo Maja.
According to a whistleblower’s report to the City’s anti-corruption unit connections, which is backed up by the money flows, these companies are a means to get money back to Mphahlele sitting as the general manager of City Power. The business account also shows that more than R140 000 has been used for shopping at Pick n Pay, Checkers, Builders Warehouse in Rivonia, Clicks and Doppio Zero, among others.
“We have multiple subcontracts on our projects, and for this one we used five companies, including Anego,” Maphothoma said. “When people come looking for subcontracting work, we never know who they are other than what’s on the paperwork. In any case, we could never have known who Anego pays or what they do with their money … Once we pay them, we really have no say.”
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