Johannesburg mayor Herman Mashaba is under fire for vowing to arrest corrupt officials in the city’s licensing department. On Friday, the South African Municipal Workers’ Union (Samwu) accused Mashaba of making serious allegations about licensing staff. Mashaba revealed on Tuesday that his municipal administration had uncovered 927 transactions worth just less than R15m that may have been fraudulent. He said four officials at the department had already been arrested for fraud and corruption after an investigation into fraud involving R14.7m, and that a further 106 allegedly corrupt officials would be arrested in the next few days. Samwu Gauteng spokesman Jack Mokalapa said, "It is unacceptable for any person in council leadership to use such a position for political mileage‚ as these allegations are of a serious and sensitive nature‚ especially if they are proven untrue. We equally condemn the unwarranted media spectacle created by the mayor in pursuit of appropriating ill-deserved ...
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