Minister Tolashe’s state-funded nanny — and the daughter who took half her salary

Rebecca Davis looks at documents that suggest a former household employee of Social Development Minister Sisisi Tolashe may have been required to pay half of her government-funded monthly salary to the minister’s daughter. Here is the story.

Reporting by: Rebecca Davis
Filmed by: Joel Seboa
Edited by: Joel Seboa
Produced by: Emilie Gambade
Creative input by: Malibongwe Tyilo
Sub-edited by: Ian Wolstenholme

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