City Power confirms Hawks visited its HQ but insists it was not a raid

JOHANNESBURG - Johannesburg City Power has confirmed that the Hawks visited its headquarters on Friday as part of an investigation into alleged fraud and corruption at the utility.

EWN understands that Hawks officials were seen at the cash-strapped entity on Friday, to obtain documents for an ongoing probe into dodgy contracts worth nearly R500 million.

One of the contracts under investigation involves an alleged inflated payment of R100 million for electricity infrastructure that was initially quoted at just R8 million.

City Power spokesperson, Isaac Mangena, clarified that the Hawks' visit did not constitute a formal search-and-seizure operation.

"There was no raid, there was no confiscation of any documents, of any IT equipment or even files and there was no interrogation of any of our executives. We can, however, confirm that members of the Hawks did visit City Power and delivered a formal request for information to the business. We will, as City Power, cooperate fully with this lawful request."