Councillors in KwaZulu-Natal municipalities have employed the services of more than 500 bodyguards, without any risk assessment from the police that they need close protection. | soyiso_maliti
Councillors in KwaZulu-Natal municipalities have employed the services of more than 500 bodyguards, without any risk assessment from the police that they need close protection, while others enjoyed being driven around on the taxpayer's dime.
Taxpayers parted with R42.3 million for 489 bodyguards to protect councillors from July to September 2022, and R42.1 million for 504 bodyguards from October to December 2022 - totalling R84.4 million. In a province starved of service delivery, some of the councillors were also chauffeured around by more than 100 drivers over six months, at a cost of R21.9 million from July to December 2022.Get 14 days free to read all our investigative and in-depth journalism. Thereafter you will be billed R75 per month. You can cancel anytime and if you cancel within 14 days you won't be billed.
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