JOHANNESBURG - A crackdown on the construction mafia has led to 240 arrests since November.
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Public Works and Infrastructure Minister, Dean Macpherson, revealed these figures at a meeting in Sandton.
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.
Dean Mcpherson discussed this with eNCA.