The Gauteng Department of Health is undertaking a process to verify all its employees and updating payroll information. Employees in all facilities will have their fingerprints and identity checked to establish that they are authentic employees of the department.
This initiative will be conducted through Identification Verification Solutions (IVS), which is done by means of fingerprint verification against biometric information.
The process is intended to establish the actual number of people employed. It will also lead to the clean-up of personnel register by eliminating those that are deceased or no longer in the employ of the department.
“We are calling on all employees to co-operate with the officials conducting this process to ensure the smooth running of this important initiative" says MEC Hope Papo.
In addition to eliminating ghost employees, the benefits of the process to the department include confirming the authenticity of officials currently on the department’s payroll and to confirm ownership of banking details for verified officials.
The process is expected to be finalised by the end of March 2013.
The department is hopeful that through this initiative, fraud will be eliminated and public funds used more effectively.
Enquiries:
Simon Zwane
Cell: 082 551 9892
