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The City of Johannesburg granted the R196 million tender to repair Lilian Ngoyi Street after last July’s deadly explosion to a company on trial for defrauding municipal entity City Power of nearly R94 million. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
BREE STREET EXPLOSION

Joburg gave R200m tender to firm facing fraud charges of R94m

The city confirmed that repairs to Lilian Ngoyi Street, formerly Bree, will now be completed in May 2025 instead of December this year

  • Khaya Koko
7 min read
File photo: Khaya Koko
BRIGHTON CHIFUMBA

No work done — but City Power blew R93.7m

The state claims that employees colluded in widespread fraud involving a substation project

  • Khaya Koko
5 min read