Joburg municipal offices burgled, computers vandalised for second time to 'thwart digitisation'
A municipal office in Johannesburg has been robbed and 20 computers damaged.
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A municipal office in Johannesburg has been robbed and 20 computers damaged.
Member of the Mayoral Committee (MMC), Cllr Belinda Echeozonjoku, has expressed her deep shock and disappointment at the burglaries that have occurred at Development Planning offices. This comes after Building Development Management staff, this morning, discovered that their office, on the 6th floor of the Metro Centre in Braamfontein, had been burgled and 20 desktop computers vandalised.
ActionSA leader Herman Mashaba has come under fire over a budget deficit of about R1.2 billion during his tenure as the mayor of Joburg.
A report compiled by the ANC-led administration in the City of Johannesburg claims a gross lack of oversight by former mayor Herman Mashaba in his 2017 project to insource security and cleaning personnel.
The City of Johannesburg Executive Mayor, Councillor Jolidee Matongo, has called on officials to recommit themselves to fighting underperformance, corruption and all other forms of malfeasance in the local government institution. Delivering his acceptance speech at the City’s 50th Ordinary Council meeting, Mayor Matongo said he and the city’s executive have pledged to be leader-servants, who will lead by the maxim that whoever wants to be the greatest among them must be the servant of all.