​In the past few days there has been news articles and even statements by some political parties stating that City Power purchased sanitisers and masks with prices which are way above the market value.

The reports, which are totally untrue and misleading, seek to create a false and misleading impression that City Power officials are corrupt and stole government money during the procurement of the PPEs, and thus took advantage of the Covid-19 crises for self-enrichment and to plunder state resources.

While this matter is still under investigation across the City of Johannesburg, in the Province and Nationally, we were of the view that we should allow the investigation process to be completed before we entertain these false rumours, but have since realised that if we delay our response any further, the lies that we, among others, spent over R3000 for a single bottle of sanitizer, may be regarded as truthful in the eyes of some people.

We have therefore decided to publish the actual prices per unit for all the PPEs we procured for our employees since Covid-19 started.

We hope this statement finally clears any false reports about City Power PPE procurement and assist in setting the record straight.
City Power has zero tolerance on corruption, and its management will continue to support any investigation that seeks to hold those who plunder state resources accountable.

ENDS 

Issued by City Power
Isaac Mangena, Spokesperson
0718848273