Sobangena Trading JV Spinks Trading has been paid R2 266 782.47 and Inkokheli Business Enterprise has been paid R 3 173 397.18.

In total, the municipality has paid R 5 440 179.65 for grave digging. MEC Maile states that Emfuleni does not have the capacity to render the grave digging service internally.

“It is worrying that this municipality which is facing a serious cash flow problem continues to outsource services that can be done internally. This money could have been used to buy necessary equipment and tools needed for grave digging as well as creating employment opportunities for the local residents,” says Kingsol Chabalala MPL – DA Constituency Head for Emfuleni North.

The DA calls on MEC Maile to clamp down on unnecessary outsourcing in Emfuleni as part of his interventions to save this municipality.