KZN probes ghosts on payroll, feeding scheme corruption

The KwaZulu-Natal education department is concerned that employees who have died, retired or resigned are still receiving salaries.

- Itumeleng Mafisa

In a statement yesterday, the department said it is embarking on a process to verify all its employees to ensure that only the right people are being paid.

"This process has been necessitated by instances where delays in the administrative termination of employees, due to retirement, resignations or death, have resulted in continued salary payments long after the individuals have exited the department," said spokesperson Muzi Mahlambi.

He said on identifying these discrepancies, the department engaged the provincial Treasury to assist with the necessary information technology infrastructure to facilitate this large-scale verification exercise and to ensure the quality and integrity of the process.