Less than a month after Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi announced that his highly criticised Nasi Ispani employment recruitment initiative would be relaunched, more information on the initiative’s struggles to pay Expanded Public Works Programme workers has come to light.
In 2024, more than 4,000 workers in Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi’s Nasi iSpani “Green Army” project faced significant payment delays, with millions of rands having to be diverted from other departments to cover the stipend shortfalls.
The revelation comes as Lesufi pushes ahead with a controversial relaunch of the employment initiative, sparking…
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