A whistleblower in the Mthatha-based King Sabata Dalindyebo local municipality has blown the lid on nepotism in the institution, alleging certain managers were employing relatives and their children in posts not advertised and without shortlisting for interviews.
The appointments were allegedly not even verified by the human resources department.
In one case, a woman related to one of the directors was reportedly appointed on a three-month Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) casual contract earlier this year and later made a supervisor within the municipality.
When her three-month contract expired, she was allegedly given a year-long extension.
No municipal post had been advertised at the time, according to the whistleblower.
Another woman allegedly related to a general manager was employed without the position being advertised, while the manager’s sister was also employed in the same department without the post being advertised.
The whistleblower, a former union leader in the municipality, has since written to co-operative governance and traditional affairs MEC Zolile Williams, the public protector, Hawks and the auditor-general, demanding a full investigation.
In a telephonic interview with the Dispatch, he claimed nepotism had become an easy route to employment at KSD.
“People are given jobs as EPWP workers or interns and then when they are inside the system, they get given permanent jobs by those managers who gave them jobs in the first place,” he said.
“The most...
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