The Mpumalanga Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Department has introduced a forensic investigating team at the Nkomazi Municipality at the special council meeting held in KaMdladla on Thursday.
This comes after the municipality was reportedly bankrupt towards the end of the last financial year.
The probe will be also focusing on skills audit.
A team of investigators has been appointed by the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs CoGTA to probe allegations of maladministration and financial mismanagement in the municipality. This after workers downed tools over not being paid some of their benefits, including overtime .
Opposition parties, Economic Freedom Fighters EFF and Democratic Alliance DA, in the council have welcome the investigations.