Khaya Koko

Evidence of the apparent gross inflation of prices, more than double the amount paid for a fraction of the work done in the Gauteng premier’s power programme, was seized by investigators probing alleged City Power corruption totalling R500 million.

City of Johannesburg-owned energy company City Power has been rocked by more revelations about a jobs-for-relatives scheme allegedly run by its senior managers, while the utility continues to haemorrhage millions of rands a month in what its board suspected was mismanagement.

More than 6 000 unlawfully appointed Gauteng crime prevention wardens, launched by Premier Panyaza Lesufi, are at risk of unemployment as the entity responsible for retraining them is bankrupt, with no capacity to undertake the mammoth task.

For the past six years, City Power has failed to sell the electricity it purchases in bulk from Eskom, and Johannesburg Mayor Dada Morero was aware of the financial crisis threatening residents with widespread darkness.

Exposing “Reverend Witness Acts” – behind the pulpit of a sprawling church campus lies a web of hidden identities, government contracts worth hundreds of millions of rand, and a cash-strapped municipal company.

While the City of Johannesburg’s electricity company is saddled with a negative bank balance of R19 billion, News24 reveals more evidence of alleged Johannesburg corruption involving a Zimbabwean preacher, who is also a city contractor.