Joburg’s fire trucks tender ‘bogged down in power play’

By Mpho Koka and Noxolo Sibiya - 15 May 2023 - 07:00

A tender to buy fire trucks for Joburg has been stuck in back and forth talks between the city and the contracted company for the past 12 months and with not a single vehicle has hit the streets.

The city is running short of40 emergency vehicles the public safety department needs to attend to about 100 fires a month, according to statistics...

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