Hawks raid City Power in R500 million corruption probe

By Johnathan Paoli

Elite investigators from the Hawks raided the Johannesburg headquarters of City Power on Friday as part of a sweeping investigation into alleged corruption involving irregular payments and inflated contracts totalling more than R500 million.

The utility’s CEO, Tshifularo Mashava, has emerged as a central figure in the probe.

The Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (DPCI), also known as the Hawks, descended on City Power’s offices to gather information related to the case.

Although initial reports described the operation as a raid, City Power has denied this in a media statement issued on Friday night.

“City Power Johannesburg refutes media claims that a raid and seizure took place at our headquarters. There was no raid, no confiscation of documents, files, or IT equipment. And there was no interrogation,” the utility said in a statement.

“We can, however, confirm that members of the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (Hawks)