“If you give one person R64 000, you have disadvantaged 20 other youth”: Whistleblower tells Update@Noon that Matjhabeng Local Municipality EPWP workers earn exorbitant salaries

Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Dean Macpherson has alegedly halted the funding of Expanded Public Works Programme  (EPWP) for the Free State's Matjhabeng Local Municpality. The move follows reports that politically connected individuals in the municipality were receiving inflated salaries through the programme. Certain individuals reportedly earn over 31 thousand rand per month which is more than ten times the average EPWP stipend. Sakina Kamwendo spoke to Thabo (not his real name) from Matjhabeng Local Municipality in the Free State and SABC reporter, Aphumelele  Mdlalane