The Hawks have launched an investigation after the Free State Department of Health’s suspension this month of four officials linked to “ghost worker” allegations.
Department spokesperson Mondli Mvambi said the four staff, three of whom work in human resources and one who was a “Covid-19 clerk”, were accused of manipulating the department’s system to hire and pay ghost workers.
“The investigations have identified three such ghost workers who were all fictitiously appointed as medical interns,” he told News24.
The case was handed over to the Hawks last week.
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