Social development minister procures R1.3m BMW
The minister says replacing her and her deputy’s cars — at a total cost of R2.4m — is ‘unavoidable’ as their old ones have done more than 120,000km
Embattled Social Development Minister Bathabile Dlamini has procured a R1.3m German sedan for her official use in Pretoria, while her deputy has gone for a R1.1m SUV. The R2.4m splurge on the luxury vehicles for Dlamini and her deputy‚ Hendrietta Bogopane-Zulu‚ is at odds with the National Treasury’s austerity measures introduced by axed finance minister Pravin Gordhan to curb wasteful and unnecessary spending of public funds in an environment where government revenue streams are dwindling. The Treasury capped the procurement price for official vehicles at R650‚000 in 2014 but that was later revised to R750‚000. In a written reply to a question by DA MP Bridget Masango‚ the controversial social development minister confirmed that her department bought her a BMW 740i in October 2016. Dlamini further stated that three months earlier‚ in July 2016‚ a luxury Jeep Grand Cherokee SUV was procured for Bogopane-Zulu. She told Parliament in the written reply that purchasing the vehicles was ...
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