Taxpayers paying more than R85m to suspended employees, says Senzo Mchunu
The minister says 458 government employees are on suspenstion with full pay
17 September 2020 - 21:14
Taxpayers have paid more than R85m in salaries to suspended employees who are sitting at home waiting for their cases to be concluded, public service & administration minister Senzo Mchunu said on Thursday.
The real costs are much higher, however, as Mchunu's information did not include statistics from Gauteng and Mpumalanga, which had not been submitted to his department, he said...
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