/ 6 September 1999

HEATH STARTS N.PROV PROBE

THE Heath Special Investigative Unit on Friday started recovering money and assets belonging to the Northern Province. Provincial head of investigations for Heath, Frank Vos, said that one priority is to probe an estimated 15000 ghost workers in several departments, in an attempt to recover more than R2-million paid out to non-existent staff in March 1998. The departments include health and welfare, agriculture, trade and industry, public transport, and public works.