“Indeed, cases such as those of former candidate valuer Mbali McClare, who was arrested for [allegedly] undervaluing 22 properties in the city, amounting to just under R500 million, was withdrawn by the NPA late last month.
“This is one of a number of slam-dunk cases investigated by the city’s Group Forensic Investigations Services, headed by General Shadrack Sibiya, one of country’s top law-enforcement officials,” he said.
Mashaba cited other cases in which people had been arrested for colluding with City Power officials and allegedly illegally selling state land.
“It is astounding to the city that justice is not served in the vast number of cases which the city has handed over to law-enforcement authorities. This is not only a miscarriage of justice for the city, but also for the law-abiding and hardworking residents of Johannesburg,” said Mashaba.