Joburg’s anticorruption unit clamps down on corruption amounting to R16.2bn
Corruption amounting to R16.2-billion across 2 469 cases, now under investigation, has been uncovered over the past year by the City of Johannesburg’s anticorruption crackdown.
Since inception, the Group Forensic and Investigations Department had implemented measures to clamp down on fraud and corruption, which executive mayor Herman Mashaba said had been allowed to run rampant across the city.
“We have taken aggressive actions against those implicated. Over 600 people have been arrested and more than 100 employees of the city have been suspended, 13 employees have resigned and seven [have been] dismissed,” said Mashaba.
Despite the high levels of corruption, he was confident that the situation was under control and the perpetrators were being brought to book.
Group Forensic and Investigations is working closely with relevant law enforcement agencies such as the South African Police Service, the National Prosecuting Authority, intelligence structures, the Asset Forfeiture Unit, Home Affairs and other key stakeholders like companies and the Intellectual Property Commission.
“The ethical and moral actions of our officials at all levels, play a critical role in the fight against fraud and corruption in the city. Fraud and corruption undermine service delivery in the city. In principle, corruption eroded the confidence and trust that the society had in our officials and governments as whole,” he said.
Mashaba also commented that the city was lobbying the national government to allow municipalities like the City of Johannesburg to establish their own municipal courts and prisons.
Comments
Research Reports
Projects
Latest Multimedia
Latest News
Showroom
Booyco Electronics, South African pioneer of Proximity Detection Systems, offers safety solutions for underground and surface mining, quarrying,...
VISIT SHOWROOM
SmartMine IoT has been developed with the mining industry in mind, to provides our customers with powerful business intelligence and data modelling...
VISIT SHOWROOM
Announcements
What's On
Subscribe to improve your user experience...
Option 1 (equivalent of R125 a month):
Receive a weekly copy of Creamer Media's Engineering News & Mining Weekly magazine
(print copy for those in South Africa and e-magazine for those outside of South Africa)
Receive daily email newsletters
Access to full search results
Access archive of magazine back copies
Access to Projects in Progress
Access to ONE Research Report of your choice in PDF format
Option 2 (equivalent of R375 a month):
All benefits from Option 1
PLUS
Access to Creamer Media's Research Channel Africa for ALL Research Reports, in PDF format, on various industrial and mining sectors
including Electricity; Water; Energy Transition; Hydrogen; Roads, Rail and Ports; Coal; Gold; Platinum; Battery Metals; etc.
Already a subscriber?
Forgotten your password?
Receive weekly copy of Creamer Media's Engineering News & Mining Weekly magazine (print copy for those in South Africa and e-magazine for those outside of South Africa)
➕
Recieve daily email newsletters
➕
Access to full search results
➕
Access archive of magazine back copies
➕
Access to Projects in Progress
➕
Access to ONE Research Report of your choice in PDF format
RESEARCH CHANNEL AFRICA
R4500 (equivalent of R375 a month)
SUBSCRIBEAll benefits from Option 1
➕
Access to Creamer Media's Research Channel Africa for ALL Research Reports on various industrial and mining sectors, in PDF format, including on:
Electricity
➕
Water
➕
Energy Transition
➕
Hydrogen
➕
Roads, Rail and Ports
➕
Coal
➕
Gold
➕
Platinum
➕
Battery Metals
➕
etc.
Receive all benefits from Option 1 or Option 2 delivered to numerous people at your company
➕
Multiple User names and Passwords for simultaneous log-ins
➕
Intranet integration access to all in your organisation
