Ashraf Hendricks, GroundUp
A court has ordered that the City of Johannesburg cannot go ahead with a contract for 48 fire and rescue vehicles.
Some of the other vehicles that were already ordered and paid for, will stay in place.
However, the directors of the contractor have to pay back salary increases they gave themselves, and give the court a report on what their profits and shareholder payments were.
The Gauteng High Court has stopped a City of Johannesburg contract for 48 fire and rescue vehicles after it found that the contract had been unconstitutionally awarded and that it was irregular.
A deal for some vehicles, which were paid for and delivered, will stay in place, but the directors of the contractor have to pay back salary increases they gave themselves and reveal how much profit they made.