DA welcomes joint audit to tackle ghost employees in public service [SOUND]

# The DA is in support of the joint ghost employee audit by National Treasury and the Department of Public Service and Administration. The party pushed for this initiative during national budget talks, calling for in-person biometric verification of all public servants. The Department confirmed ghost employees remain a serious, systemic corruption issue. The DA’s Jan de Villiers urged the Auditor-General to verify internal audits and expects a progress update in the third quarter: