The hoohah around the leader of the DA’s publicly funded fleet of cars, blue lights and associated concerns about lavish accommodation for cabinet ministers, raises an issue the DA has railed against in the past but may have lost sight of after its inclusion at an ANC cabinet table that is groaning with goodies. 

Of course MPs should be properly paid, but the taxpayer should not be footing the bill for a plethora of perks unrelated to service. Why? Because perks are the gateway drug to entitlement, and entitlement is the enemy of accountability.  ..

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