This morning I was made aware of the resignation of the Johannesburg Road Agency's Head of Planning, effective 04 June 2019.

This follows the official's suspension earlier in March based on allegations of corruption and misconduct:

These included:

• The official is alleged to have initiated contact with a potential service provider and subsequently held a meeting with the service provider, during which, they proposed to allocate three work contracts on condition that they are paid kickbacks of approximately 30% of the revenue generated from the JRA contracts;

• It is alleged that the official and the contractor, discussed the inflation of work hours on invoices in order to cater for kickbacks that should be paid; and

• It is further alleged that the official, subsequent to the afore-mentioned, divulged strictly confidential information to the potential service provider (“an unauthorised person"), to the effect that they were on the list of bidders approved for appointment on the panel and would soon thereafter receive an appointment letter from the JRA.

Subsequent to these allegations, the official was placed on suspension pending an investigation into the matter.

Though the recent resignation has prevented an internal disciplinary proceeding from taking place, the matter has been reported to policing authorities for further investigation.

The City would like to thank the Carte Blanche team for their sterling work in bringing the matter to our attention.

As a coalition government, we have indicated our commitment to ensuring that we root out all corruption in the City and will continue to do so with the assistance of our stakeholders.

Cllr Cllr Nonhlanhla Makhuba

MMC for Transport

City of Joburg

Media enquiries:

​Ms Tebogo Mogashoa, Stakeholder Manager, Office of the MMC of Transport at 011 298 5269/072 631 3783

OR

Mr Siya Nodu, Acting Managing Director – Johannesburg Roads Agency at 081 738 6942