Joburg Mayor: We won't tolerate corruption

Mashaba delivered his inaugural state of the city address yesterday. 

He took office 9 months ago following the local government elections - and has strongly focused on service delivery.

"Day by day we are taking steps to delivering change to all our residents. We are making progress towards creating a more inclusive and prosperous Johannesburg," he says.

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Mashaba says his administration is committed to improving service delivery and has adopted a pro-poor budget.  

As part of the fight against crime and corruption, an additional R31 million has been allocated to recruit and train an additional 1500 JMPD officers.

"Corruption is not a strong enough term for what was going on in the City of Joburg, it was outright shameless looting," he says.

Since the establishment of an internal investigation unit, Mashaba says the looting of state resources is being halted. 

"I can confirm that over 300 cases are currently being investigated and the total monetary value as a result of corruption is over R 10 billion," the mayor says.