All roads lead to 148 Visvanger Street: DA targets Modise in Tshwane tender web

By Johnathan Paoli

The DA in Tshwane has placed a single address, 148 Visvanger Street in Haakdoornboom outside Pretoria, at the centre of allegations of corruption, arguing it links a web of companies that have benefitted from municipal tenders and may expose deeper political connections involving deputy mayor Eugene Modise.

Addressing a media briefing on the party’s planned submissions to the Madlanga Commission on Tuesday, finance spokesperson Jacqui Uys said the DA had uncovered a pattern of irregular procurement, questionable payments and overlapping business interests linked to politically connected individuals within the metro.

“When I searched the name El Shaddai on CIPC records, I discovered that it shares a common registered address with several of the other companies that from time to time have done business with Tshwane. That common address is 148 Visvanger Street, Haakdoornboom,” she said.

Uys said her own investigation into the address revealed a network of