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City’s ‘corrupt’ IT contracts exposed in report

THE City of Joburg (COJ) overpaid an IT service provider close to R1billion in what has been termed wasteful expenditure. That is according to a forensic investigation that looked into IT contracts the City had entered into between 2011 and 2017.

Whistle-blowers have also lifted the lid on other ICT contracts that they say were rip-offs the City should never have entered into.

The report compiled by Grant Thornton found that the City paid Dimension Data (DD) over R900million irregularly for ICT upgrades between the years 2010 and 2017.

“It is recommended that

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