# The EFF has expressed outrage that government spends approximately 800-million-rand annually paying suspended public servants. According to a report by the Public Service Commission, 674 provincial and national officials are currently suspended, 516 of them for longer than the legally prescribed 90-day period. The EFF says this exposes the complete collapse of governance and consequence management within the state. The party demands conclusion of disciplinary processes within 90 days, automatic dismissal of accounting officers who allow unlawful prolonged suspensions and criminal prosecution where suspensions involve corruption and financial misconduct.
EFF criticises government for spending R800-million on suspended public servants