Joburg City Power fraud probe leads to calls for officials’ censure
Forensic report calls for corrective action to be taken against 14 officials, which may include criminal charges
An investigation commissioned by Johannesburg mayor Herman Mashaba following allegations of fraud and corruption at City Power has resulted in calls for "corrective action" to be taken against 14 officials. The forensic report compiled by audit firm SizweNtsalubaGobodo detailed breaches of procurement and contractual obligations and the contravention of the Municipal Finance Management Act. It also revealed instances of gross financial mismanagement arising from discretionary allowances given to six officials. Sicelo Xulu, the former MD of City Power, is one of the officials against whom "corrective action" should be taken, according to the report, as well as Quentin Green, the chief financial officer at the entity. The report did not say what the corrective action should be. The power utility had not returned calls late on Thursday. . Xulu was fired by the City Power board after the release of the report. He said he had not yet seen the report that led to him being fired. It is als...
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