Gigaba’s wife joined a Treasury team trip to the US, courtesy of the taxpayer
Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba’s wife travelled business class to the US with her husband at the state’s expense, a reply by the minister to a parliamentary question has revealed. Norma Gigaba flew with the nine-person Treasury team which went to the US to attend the Spring meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank in April, and thereafter held investor meetings in New York and Boston. Ministers and their spouses are entitled to first-class travel for official purposes at the expense of the department concerned. Replying in writing to a question by DA finance spokesperson, David Maynier, Gigaba said the total cost of the international investor roadshow was R978,463 (excluding the cost of flights for nearly all the team), of which R491,554 was for hotel accommodation at hotels such as the International Barclay, Boston Harbor Hotel, the Ritz-Carlton and the Grand Hyatt. She also qualified for a two-day daily allowance amounting to R3,831. Commenting on the reply, ...
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