Mayor Mashaba says the city is doing everything possible to end the theft of public money and property in Johannesburg.
The National Prosecuting Authority has committed to update the city of Johannesburg by Friday on whether it would prosecute a number of serious cases of alleged criminality uncovered by the city’s anti-corruption unit, the city said on Monday.
Mashaba said that the city was doing everything possible to end the theft of public money and property in Johannesburg and was determined to see justice. “At the time we were informed that the NPA had no option but to withdraw the case due to its inability to obtain statements from owners of the buildings which had been devalued.
These directors, according to Mashaba, were arrested in 2017 after having allegedly colluded with city power officials to receive payments exceeding R88 million for work that was never completed in the building of the Eldorado Park sub-station and the refurbishment of the Hopefield sub-station. “This case was also provisionally withdrawn from the roll because material witnesses were no longer prepared to testify after allegedly being paid money by the very same trust.”
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