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title: "Watch – Minister Tolashe’s state-funded nanny and the daughter who took half her salary"
description: "In this video, 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."
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publisher: "Daily Maverick"
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author: "Rebecca Davis"
author_url: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/author/rebeccadavis-2-2/"
canonical_url: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-05-11-watch-minister-tolashes-state-funded-nanny-and-the-daughter-who-took-half-her-salary/"
published: "2026-05-11T22:26:48"
lang: "en-ZA"
word_count: 42
---

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

> In this video, 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.

By Rebecca Davis · Published 12 May 2026, 00:26 SAST

## Content

[YouTube video: "YouTube video"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRP8SZ98_6c)

[Media](https://player.simplecast.com/da1b03b8-4365-4293-a1fc-cf186a34a927?dark=false)

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

Read the full story [here](https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-04-28-revealed-minister-tolashes-state-funded-nanny-and-the-daughter-who-took-half-her-salary-/?dm_source=blocks-grid-wide&dm_medium=card-link&dm_campaign=inform).

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