News24 | Cash-strapped City of Joburg to splurge R2m on jackets, flowers, watches for glitzy staff shindig

The City of Johannesburg plans to splurge R2.6 million on a year-end event for long-serving employees incurring costs inflated by as much as 766% for goods and services for the ceremony, such as R40 000 for flowers, R300 000 for jackets, R769 000 for watches and R171 000 for vague service fees.