For the past two years, missing documents, uncooperative employees, threats and intimidation have culminated in investigators being unable to finalise their probe, leading to the instability of the entity as a whole.
Johannesburg Property Company (JPC) CEO Helen Botes and CFO Imraan Bhamjee are due to return to their posts soon despite a Special Investigating Unit (SIU) report revealing evidence that the pair may be guilty of financial misconduct regarding deep cleaning and sanitising contracts awarded during the coronavirus pandemic.
Botes and Bhamjee were suspended in September 2020 after investigations into the JPC contracts were tabled in the Johannesburg City Council.
In March 2021, the SIU informed acting Johannesburg City manager Floyd Brink and acting JPC CEO Asanda Majova it had completed its investigation into the contracts and found evidence that Botes, Bhamjee and three other officials may be guilty of financial misconduct.
The Special Investigation Unit, which was mandated by President Cyril Ramaphosa to probe the misappropriation of public funds related to governmentâs multibillion rand Covid-19 expenditure, has found that five senior employees of the Joburg Property Company, including its chief executive and chief financial officer, might be guilty of financial misconduct in the awarding of contracts to provide deep-cleaning and sanitisation services File Picture
EXCLUSIVE: SIU probe into dodgy Covid-19 tenders fingers Joburg Property Company CEO, CFO
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Durban - The Special Investigation Unit (SIU)has found that five senior employees of the Joburg Property Company (JPC), including its chief executive and chief financial officer, might be guilty of financial misconduct in the awarding of contracts to provide deep-cleaning and sanitisation services.