EMFULENI - The DA in Emfuleni Local Municipality is demanding answers following what the party calls "mismanagement of ELM's finances".
According to a reply received from the MEC for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (COGTA), Jacob Mamabolo, the Department has spent over R500-million on overtime payments for the past five financial years.
"Even during the Covid period millions of rands were spent on overtime yet no employees were going to work," a statement issued by the DA read.
"The Democratic Alliance (DA) will continue to put pressure on MEC Mamabolo to ensure that the employees tasked with providing services do so and do not claim overtime."
The Democratic Alliance's Emfuleni North Constituency Head, Kingsol Chabalala discussed this with eNCA.