Johannesburg mayor Geoff Makhubo is at the centre of a scandal after having allegedly used his 'influence' to secure donations for t...
Johannesburg mayor Geoff Makhubo is at the centre of a scandal after having allegedly used his 'influence' to secure donations for the ANC in his province.
The scandal erupted after ENSafrica's head of forensics, Steven Powell, testified at the State Capture Inquiry this week.
Powell testified that EOH Holdings, an IT service management company, had funded the ANC in Johannesburg at the same time that the City tendered to upgrade its IT infrastructure.
The testimony revealed that numerous donation requests had surfaced at the time of the tender being adjudicated with the tender itself worth R404 million. Powell had made his displeasure clear, saying that the situation is 'just unheard of' and 'just wrong'.
Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo heard that the subsidiary, EOH Mthombo, had a full technical and political strategy for the contract. The company does around R250 million in business with the City of Johannesburg a year, a sign that ties between the two were strong ahead of the time.
Powell detailed how over half a million Rand was paid out to the ANC for a conference, accommodation, administration, and decor in just one instance.
The funds had allegedly been requested by Makhubo and 'thank you' letters by the ANC would be signed by the mayor.
According to a report by AmaBhungane, Makhubo allegedly secretly benefited from a City of Johannesburg contract. From this contract Makhubo benefited by more or less R30 million from Regiments, who are state capture facilitators.
Makhubo also might have allegedly profited from these dealings while he was the MMC of Finance.
Powell testified that EOH Holdings, an IT service management company, had funded the ANC in Johannesburg at the same time that the City tendered to upgrade its IT infrastructure.
The testimony revealed that numerous donation requests had surfaced at the time of the tender being adjudicated with the tender itself worth R404 million. Powell had made his displeasure clear, saying that the situation is 'just unheard of' and 'just wrong'.
Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo heard that the subsidiary, EOH Mthombo, had a full technical and political strategy for the contract. The company does around R250 million in business with the City of Johannesburg a year, a sign that ties between the two were strong ahead of the time.
Powell detailed how over half a million Rand was paid out to the ANC for a conference, accommodation, administration, and decor in just one instance.
The funds had allegedly been requested by Makhubo and 'thank you' letters by the ANC would be signed by the mayor.
According to a report by AmaBhungane, Makhubo allegedly secretly benefited from a City of Johannesburg contract. From this contract Makhubo benefited by more or less R30 million from Regiments, who are state capture facilitators.
Makhubo also might have allegedly profited from these dealings while he was the MMC of Finance.
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