JOHANNESURG - A crackdown on the construction mafia has led to 240 arrests since November.
Public Works and Infrastructure Minister, Dean Macpherson, revealed these figures at a meeting in Sandton.
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Ongoing lifestyle audits and internal investigations are targeting corruption within the department as urgent reforms aim to tackle hijacked buildings, incomplete infrastructure projects and extortion.
eNCA's Theodor Mashele reports.