Johannesburg Property Company (JPC) CEO Helen Botes and CFO Imraan Bhamjee are due to return to their posts soon despite a Special Investigating Unit (SIU) report revealing evidence that the pair may be guilty of financial misconduct regarding deep cleaning and sanitising contracts awarded during the coronavirus pandemic.
Botes and Bhamjee were suspended in September 2020 after investigations into the JPC contracts were tabled in the Johannesburg City Council.
In March 2021, the SIU informed acting Johannesburg City manager Floyd Brink and acting JPC CEO Asanda Majova it had completed its investigation into the contracts and found evidence that Botes, Bhamjee and three other officials may be guilty of financial misconduct.
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The City of Johannesburg Executive Mayor, Cllr Geoffrey Makhubo, has urged the newly appointed and retained entities non-executive directors, independent audit committee members and advisory committee members to put the dreams and aspirations of residents at the centre of their work.
Mayor Makhubo was virtually delivering the keynote address during the induction of the members under the theme: “Service delivery – A constitutional right, a priority of the government of local unity” on Thursday, 4 March 2021.
“What you are tasked with is not a small feat. While residents face their daily challenges, you are tasked to make sure that communities are safe and their livelihood is protected. You are entrusted with the responsibility of ensuring that the properties, assets of the City and money of people of Johannesburg are safe from the greedy and those who only think for themselves,” he said.