Senior civil servants evade rent for 18 years

For 18 years government employees in the North West, some as senior as provincial heads of departments (HODs) and directors earning salaries of up to R1m a year, have been staying in state properties for free.

Some of these senior civil servants have handed the state properties to their relatives and other tenants who are not working for the state. The properties include residential houses and flats, with rental fees ranging from R900 to R4,576 a month...

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