DA still seeking answers on minister’s R11,000-a-night Oyster Box jaunts
‘Minister of Smallanyana Skeletons’ Bathabile Dlamini is ‘determined to keep her skeletons firmly locked up in the cupboard’‚ the party says
THE "Minister of ‘Smallanyana Skeletons’ is determined to keep her skeletons firmly locked up in the cupboard"‚ the Democratic Alliance said on Tuesday. The party’s Lindy Wilson said Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini had given Parliament "deliberately vague responses" to questions about her overseas travel and "stays at the Oyster Box Hotel". "Specifically‚ minister Dlamini‚ in her reply to a DA parliamentary question‚ only accounts for R1.6m spent on travel‚ which we contend is wholly misleading‚ considering that the latest annual report pitches her travel at R12m‚" said Wilson. She said the DA "has made an application in terms of the Promotion of Access to Information Act (PAIA) to request a full breakdown" of her travel expenditure. "In fact‚ apart from explaining why she had to go (as a representative to various United Nations councils)‚ the question with regards to the use of taxpayers’ money is not answered at all‚" said Wilson of Dlamini’s response. "If she has no...
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