Herman Mashaba will act against person said to owe R1.8m to subcontractors
On Friday, Johannesburg mayor Herman Mashaba said his administration would act against an alleged corrupt contractor at City Power‚ whose employees almost caused major damage on Thursday night. Mashaba said the community leaders of Eldorado Park and surrounds prevented the attempted destruction of a City Power substation‚ used to supply needed electricity to the area. "This is after employees of subcontractors protesting against a City Power contractor targeted the substation. The protesters allege that City Power’s contractor has failed to pay R1.8m to subcontractors for services rendered." Mashaba said given these developments‚ he would meet representatives of the subcontractors on Friday with the member of the mayoral committee for environment and infrastructure services‚ Nico de Jager. In 2015‚ his office explained‚ the contractor was awarded a contract for the construction of a new substation in Eldorado Park worth R126m. "Despite receiving a significant remittance from the cit...
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