The Star reports that the Rand West City Local Municipality is under fire for corruption for allegedly paying a former senior manager his full salary despite him having been deported.

Zavanai Katikiti, a former manager for financial control and reporting at the municipality, was deported to Zimbabwe in September last year by the Department of Home Affairs for allegedly contravening immigration laws. A source claimed: "Although he was deported in September, the following month, Katikiti got paid a full salary even though he had been deported. He was paid in November again, that included housing allowance, medical aid even though he was no longer in the country, that is illegal. This is clear corruption, municipal money must be recovered.“. This has sparked opposition parties and civil organisations to call on the municipality to recuperate the money and put it into good community use. However, municipal manager Themba Goba on Wednesday dismissed the allegations. “As soon as we received a correspondence from Home Affairs, Katikiti's contract was terminated. I am disputing that he was paid after he was deported," said Goba. But, former CFO Norah Lion too confirmed that Katikiti was paid his salary even though he had been deported. She left the municipality before the salary payments, but revealed that Katikiti’s annual salary had been about R1 million.

• Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Ntombi Nkosi at Independent Media

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