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Loyiso Masuku, Joburg MMC for Group Corporate and Shared Services, said she suspended the City’s planned year-end ceremony.
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City of Johannesburg MMC for Group Corporate and Shared Services (GCSS) Loyiso Masuku says she suspended plans to host a R2.6 million ceremony for long-serving employees, adding that no funds were spent.
"As MMC, I became aware of the plans for such an event last week and I immediately requested that the plans be suspended given the current financial and economic challenges that face our City and its residents," Masuku said in a statement on Thursday.
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