Sunday Independent reports that an audit report has found that at least 20 employees of Emfuleni Local Municipality have been double-dipping and drawing salaries from Sedibeng District Municipality.  

Sedibeng co-ordinates functions of Emfuleni, Lesedi and Midvaal.  The report, commissioned by the Gauteng Human Settlement and Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA) and compiled by advocate William Mokhari, revealed that for the past five years, both municipalities have been paying the salaries of 20 employees employed by Emfuleni.  The workers were employed at Sedibeng and left to work for Emfuleni during the tenure of its controversial mayor Simon Mofokeng.  When the auditors asked Sedibeng mayor Busisiwe Modisakeng why she was paying the salaries, she could not come up with a clear answer.  The report also found that the municipality had an excess of 200 employees on top of the 300 it had budgeted for.  Sedibeng spokesperson Saviour Kgaswane also did not answer as to why employees were paid by Sedibeng while working for Emfuleni.  He said Modisakeng had noted the investigation and she would hold a mayoral committee meeting.  The report recommended that the MEC should instruct the state attorney to take steps to recover the money.  The report further questioned the appointment of the late Sedibeng Municipal Manager, Stanley Khanyile, and the amount of his salary package.

• Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Manyane Manyane at Sunday Independent

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