The City of Johannesburg's new executive mayor‚ business-minded Herman Mashaba‚ says the awarding of tenders in Joburg will soon be transparent and open to public scrutiny."This is a first for the City of Joburg. "The days of important decisions relating to the use of public money being made behind closed doors‚ where corruption is able to raise its ugly head‚ is coming to an end‚" he said on Wednesday. Mashaba said he had written to the City Manager‚ Trevor Fowler‚ instructing him to start the process of amending the City’s Supply Chain Management Policy to allow for the bid adjudication committee‚ executive adjudication committee‚ intermediate adjudication committee and central adjudication committee to be open to the public.Sanral says Mashaba’s e-toll comments are ‘just playing to the gallery’Herman Mashaba was “possibly just playing to the gallery” when he warned that Joburg’s metro police will not be allowed to harass motorists about e-tolls‚ the South African National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) said on Wednesday. "These are the crucial stages at which a tender is assessed and adjudicated on its merits and awarded to the best applicant." The amended Supply Chain Management Policy will appear before the sitting of Council on 27 October for a vote.Mashaba puts an end to Tau’s cycle lanesNew Johannesburg mayor Herman Mashaba on Tuesday ended one of his predecessor’s flagship initiatives – cycle lanes. Mashaba said: "A vote against this amendment will be a vote in favour of corruption. The residents of this City have suffered for too long under previous administrations which have abused their trust and stolen their money."...No longer will the politically connected be receiving tenders with their sole responsibility being to sub-tender to smaller parties while lining their own pockets."Opening up the competitive bidding process to members of the public would be in line with the principles of transparency and fairness‚ as enshrined in our Constitution."It will also encourage the growth and development of small businesses‚ who in the past never stood a chance‚ because they were not part of the politically connected elite."..