The City of Johannesburg said the bridge lights would also be switched off around 7 pm on Thursday evening to pay tribute to the city’s frontline workers.
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Mkhwebane found former Joburg Mayor Herman Mashaba made irregular appointments in the city including that of the executive head of housing and former Joburg chief of Metro Police David Tembe.
On Monday, the city evicted a mother and her four children from such a chamber in Randburg, which she turned into her home.
It’s not yet clear how long the family had been staying in the dangerous high voltage chamber in Randburg.
It said that the two parties could not agree on how to handle matters of governance in the metro’s entities.
The city said Randwater's fire hydrant burst in Randburg last month disrupting its system and leaving the western parts of the city without water.
Maile penned a formal letter to the mayor on Monday regarding allegations levelled against his running of the city.
The 43-year-old allegedly demanded a R10,000 bribe from a complainant in exchange for reducing his utility bill.
It took City Power almost a week to replace and repair infrastructure at the Vasco da Gama switching substation in Alexandra after vandals targeted it for a third time on Sunday, resulting in an explosion.
The city’s council was discussing its 2020-2021 budget on Thursday following an ultimatum from the provincial government to pass the budget before Friday to avoid being placed under administration.
The municipal council has failed to convene to deal with the budget impasse twice with grave implications for the city’s over 15 million citizens.
Cogta MEC Lebogang Maile said he would be taking the matter up for discussion at the exco meeting which will be held on Saturday.
The province was continuing to see an increase in the number of infected people with the figure now sitting at over 13,000.
It’s understood a staff member in the mayor’s office tested positive for COVID-19 following a trip to the Western Cape for a funeral last week.
The leak came as the former Joburg mayor released his book on Sunday titled 'The Accidental Mayor: Herman Mashaba and the Battle for Johannesburg', revealing the alleged corruption under the ANC government in the city.
Firefighters extinguished the inferno and helped six people who were stuck on the roof to safety.
The power utility said it was already experiencing capacity constraints ahead of the winter season.
