# ActionSA in Gauteng says it has uncovered a deeply troubling contradiction at the heart of Emfuleni local municipality. The party’s Funzi Ngobeni says the authority claims it has identified no ghost employees and suffered zero financial losses, but the very same response confirms that 22 municipal employees are currently on paid suspension, costing taxpayers nearly 24-million-rand to date. He says officials have been sitting at home on full pay for over six years, with individual payouts exceeding five-million-rand.
ActionSA in Gauteng says Emfuleni pays R24-million to suspended officials while claiming no financial loss