Water department pays bonuses despite parlous state of finances
Water and Sanitation Minister Nomvula Mokonyane has blamed circumstances beyond her control for the state of her department’s finances
Water and Sanitation Minister Nomvula Mokonyane admitted that her department paid out R30m worth of bonuses to its employees, despite the department being found wanting in the management of its financial books. This emerged in a written reply by the minister to MPs’ questions released on Monday morning. The department had also been dealing with the suspension of its director-general, Dan Mashitisho, since July. In a reply to a written question from DA MP Anchen Dreyer, Mokonyane said 1.5% of the total provision for salaries was allocated towards performance reviews. "This regulation is provided for by the Department of Public Service and Administration. My department has complied with the regulation, and a total of 1,961 employees qualified for performance bonuses," Mokonyane said. She said 1,959 officials between salary levels 1 and 12 got the bulk of the R30m in performance bonuses. Two officials in salary levels 13 and 14 got a bonus of R58,092.82 and R69,069.60 respectively. Aft...
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