City Power contractor, accomplice nabbed for demanding R5k bribe

JOHANNESBURG - A City Power contractor and his accomplice will on Wednesday appear before the Johannesburg magistrate's court on charges of fraud after they were arrested in Rosettenville for soliciting a R5 000 bribe from a resident in Turffontein.

The city of Johannesburg said the suspects approached a customer whose electricity account was in arrears and threatened to disconnect power supply to his property unless he forked out the money.

The main suspect is an official from an independent contractor who provides electricity disconnection services to City Power while his accomplice is a member of the public who was masquerading as a City Power official.

Johannesburg Mayor Herman Mashaba said the customer agreed to pay the bribe but also informed city investigators beforepro sports is really getting sick and this is just another example of it. Let emotion be a part of the game and quit trying to muzzle it just because someone might get mad.--------Speaking of emotion, there was a lot of it on Day 2 of the NC double A mens basketball tournament. A couple of buzzer beaters and a couple of upsets.How about Ben Woodside of North Dakota State. This guy got his 15 minutes of fame and he capitalized on it by scoring 37 points even though his team lost to Kansas. He was compared to Steve Nash on the CBS telecast of the game but while the same size as Nash he is more dynamic than the Canadian when it comes to the offensive talent