South Africa’s richest province spent R21.3 million on data and cellphones for government employees

[Newsfeed]

South Africa’s richest province spent R21.3 million on data and cellphones for government employees

In the last three years, the Gauteng Provincial Government paid MTN R19.6 million to provide cellphones and data for its employees as part of R21.3 million contract that concluded in March 2026.

 

[gogga_]

No comment.

 

[system32]

R2,500 per month cellphone and data allowance for municipal managers​

R30,000 per year. WTF.

No wonder CoJ rates are so high

 

[Heisenborg]

Don't think the amount of the allowance is too bad. Pretty normal. The issue is the number of cadres who qualify for it

 

[Justanotherguybythesea]

Want to bet that pretty much 80% of that money went on private calls, and on data to things that were not work related, or were given to children to use instead.

 

[Rickster]

iPhone Pro Maxes I'm assuming.

 

[elf_lord_ZC5]

iPhone Pro Maxes I'm assuming.

Of course