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Expenditure on flight for ministers, deputies and their spouses, dating back to 2014, amounts to more than R45m. Stock photo.Image: 123RF/kasto
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DA puts ‘gravy plane’ free flights for former ministers and spouses on agenda

The DA wants the issue of free flights for retired ministers, deputies and their spouses to the tune of R10m a year to be urgently placed on the agenda of the body that oversees the spending of parliament’s budget. This comes after the…

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Public service and administration minister Senzo Mchunu said the R85m figure excludes a number of departments and two entire provinces which failed to provide the numbers.Image: Jackie Clausen
DA MP LEON SCHREIBER

Taxpayers pay R85m to suspended state workers who are sitting at home

Taxpayers have paid more than R85m in salaries to suspended employees who are sitting at home waiting for their cases to be concluded. A whopping R74m of the amount was spent by provincial governments, while national departments spent…

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