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Broken Roads

Why the roads are broken

R3.1T

financial exposure · 182 documented incidents

Prosecution
2016

Ukubanjwa kobuRhulumente beGupta: Ukubanjwa koMzantsi Afrika ngokuCwangcisiweyo

R500.0 billion

Investigation
2008

Ingxaki yaMandla kaEskom: Ukusuka ekugxothweni koMtyalo ukuya ekuFikekeni koMtyalo

R500.0 billion

No Action
2023

UNcedo lweTyala likaEskom: R254 yeBhiliyoni yoMhlawuli weRhafu kuNcedo loRhwaphilizo-iTyala elongezelelekileyo

R254 billion

No Action
2022

Ukuwa kweMali kaMasipala okuCwangcisiweyo: iR250 yeBhiliyoni+ kwiNkcitho eRhwaphilizo

R250.0 billion+

Civil Recovery
2007

Isitishi soMbane saseKusile: I-R233 yeBhiliyoni - Esona sikhululo samalahle sixabisa kakhulu kwimbali

R233 billion

Civil Recovery
2007

Isikhululo soMbane saseMedupi: i-R135-234 yeBhiliyoni ye-Mega-Projekthi ethwaxwa luRhwaphilizo kunye nokuSilela

R135-234 billion

No Action
2020

Ingxaki yamaBango eMedico-Legal: I-R130 yeBhiliyoni yokuGcotha iBhajethi yezeMpilo yePhondo

R130 billion

No Action
2019

Ukudilika kweZibuko lase-Transnet: IThekwini ibekwe kuluhlu lwama-351/405 kwihlabathi jikelele, i-R100B ngeXabiso loQoqosho loNyaka

R100 billion (annual economic cost)

Inquiry
2010

UMalusi Gigaba: Umgcini-sango Wokubanjwa kukaRhulumente Kumasebe Amathathu

R100+ billion (aggregate SOE capture under Gigaba-appointed boards)

No Action
2019

I-Mafia yoLwakhiwo: R68B+ Ukonakala kwezoQoqosho, 30% Ukuxhwilwa, iiProjekthi Zilahliwe

R68 billion+

Prosecution
2015

Ukuthengwa kwe-Transnet 1064 kwiLocomotive: I-R54 Billion Heist

R54.0 billion

Prosecution
2021

NgoJulayi 2021 Uqhushululu: Ukufa kwabantu abangama-354, Umonakalo wamawaka ezigidi ezingama-R50 kwiZixholo eziQuquzelweyo

R50+ billion

No Action
2020

INgxaki yokubiwa kweZibonelelo: iR47 yeBhiliyoni yeNtlekele yeSizwe

R47 billion+

No Action
2010

Umsele we-Acidi eMgodini: R30-100B uBuyiselo lokuBuyiselwa koMhlawuli weRhafu kwiMigodi eDerelict

R47 billion (estimated rehabilitation liability)

Civil Recovery
2009

Umbutho woShishino loLwakhiwo: I-R1.46B Izohlwayo zokuRhwaphiliza i-R47B kwiiProjekthi zikaRhulumente

R47 billion

Investigation
2024

ISibonelelo seNkqubo yeSibonelelo se-SRD R350: Ubuqhophololo ngoBuninzi Bubhentsiswe ngaBafundi beYunivesithi

R36.4 billion (total SRD allocation exposed to fraud)

Investigation
2015

Ukuphanga okuCwangcisiweyo kwe-PRASA: Ukuwa koLoliwe waseMzantsi Afrika waBakhweli

R33.0 billion

Investigation
2014

Ukuwa kweZibonelelo zaManzi: i-46% iLahlekile kukuvuza, uGutyulo kwiMilambo, abangama-23 bafile ngenxa yeKholera

R33 billion

No Action
2024

Rand Water R27B Infrastructure Backlog: Vaal System Ngaphantsi Koxinzelelo, 46% Amanzi Alahlekileyo

R27 billion

No Action
2026

Johannesburg Insolvency: JSE Suspends City Bonds as Metro Owes R25bn

R25.2 billion (owed)

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