The Democratic Alliance (DA) condemns the ANC-led Emfuleni Municipality for spending nearly R700 million on unnecessary employee overtime while crucial service delivery continues to collapse.
This was revealed when the DA raised questions in Gauteng Provincial Legislature regarding concerns related to the outrageous amount being spent on paying employees overtime when these funds could be redirected towards more pressing problems facing the municipality, such as service delivery issues.
Despite this excessive spending on overtime, there is no visible improvement in service delivery across Emfuleni. If nearly R700 million is truly being spent on employees working extra hours, residents should be seeing cleaner streets, quicker repairs to water leaks, functioning electricity infrastructure, and a municipality that responds to their needs. Instead, conditions continue to deteriorate.
This raises questions about where this money is actually going. Are employees genuinely working these overtime hours, or is this yet another channel through which public funds are being misused or siphoned away?
The DA will continue to demand answers in the Gauteng Provincial Legislature until we get to the bottom of this, holding those in power accountable.
The people of Emfuleni deserve transparency because if such massive sums are being spent without any improvement in services, something is clearly and deeply wrong.
This reckless spending is an insult to struggling residents who deserve clean streets, reliable infrastructure, and accountable leadership.