EThekwini chief financial officer Krish Kumar yesterday defended the overtime, saying it was not outrageous.
The preliminary report showed that the overtime spending was the biggest expenditure at R101m, followed by PPE spending at R85m, while R68m was paid for social relief supplies like marquees and blankets. The report also revealed that the city forked out R67m on community participation supplies like hampers and vouchers, R13m on water tankers to supply water, and R19m on water and sanitation infrastructure.
“That means if the truck in Durban North has finished, it will have to go and service all these areas that were being serviced by the staff in the Collingwood Depot.”However, Kumar said most of the overtime would have come from the metro police department because of the extended hours they had to work, especially during lockdown level 5 and 3, to ensure that people complied with the regulations. He said the department also battled staff shortages.
She said they would wait for the full audit to test the veracity of what was genuine. She said they were also concerned about the length of time it was taking for city officials to complete the report on Covid-19 spending.
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