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R121 Million Splurge by City Power Electrification Project

ActionSA Joburg Mayoral Candidate, Herman Mashaba, conducted an oversight of the electrification project at Shalazile Informal Settlement in Denver.

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ActionSA Joburg Mayoral Candidate, Herman Mashaba, conducted an oversight of the electrification project at Shalazile Informal Settlement in Denver. He was joined by ActionSA Joburg Caucus Leader, Cllr Marcel Coutriers, and MMC Candidates Cllr Mpumi Edward, Zandile Dabula and Bongani Mabizela.

 

The settlement was established as a temporary shelter for survivors of the August 2023 Usindiso Building fire that claimed the lives of 70 people in the inner city.

The objective of the oversight visit was to establish the facts regarding allegations that City Power paid a contractor R121 million for work that is valued at R11 million. It is reported that City Power tried to conceal this exorbitant over-expenditure after writing it off.

Furthermore, the Auditor-General admonished the city’s entity for its increasing trend on unauthorised, irregular and wasteful expenditure for the 2024/25 financial year.

The oversight reveals deplorable living conditions of 278 families who have been neglected by the ANC administration. There is no adequate stormwater drainage system in place, and an Apartheid-style bucket toilet system is provided instead of installing dignified sanitation.

Residents took the Mayoral Candidate into confidence, stating that they endure daily power cuts despite the completion of the electrification project. The City has continued with its failure to deliver basic services by installing solar panels in 2025 that don’t work to date. Frustrated residents shared that forty people have died under violent circumstances, highlighting the urgent need for effective law enforcement.

It is clear that the ANC and its coalition partners do not have an interest to improve the living conditions of residents who have survived the misfortune of losing their homes.

ActionSA has maintained that public sector corruption persists due to an embedded culture of poor consequence management. This flagrant disregard for public funds should not be tolerated under any circumstance.

This is why ActionSA takes this opportunity to remind residents to use their right to vote wisely at the Local Government Elections on 4 November 2026. A vote for ActionSA in Joburg will arrest the decline of the city and accelerate service delivery for residents, regardless of their postcode.

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