DA demands accountability on ghost workers and SOE salary bloat [SOUND]

# The DA has requested quarterly reports from the National Treasury and the Department of Public Service and Administration, which must show clear progress in identifying ghost workers and cutting excessive state-owned enterprises’ executive pay. Fake employees cost taxpayers millions of rands each year. The DA’s Leah Potgieter says ghost worker schemes are not just wasteful, they are often linked to broader corruption involving officials who may also be looting other parts of the state: