LETTER: Trevor Manuel must put his money where his mouth is
Former finance minister is hypocritical in his defence of his and his wife’s luxury flights on taxpayer money
It is usually best not to respond to unashamed hypocrites like Trevor Manuel, but his desperate defence of the R383,473 of taxpayer money he and his wife wasted on luxury flights over the past two years demands a response (“Gareth van Onselen has a duty to check his facts (https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/opinion/2020-12-03-letter-van-onselen-has-a-duty-to-check-his-facts/)”, December 3).
Manuel’s deranged rant is full of angry invective and ad hominem attacks, but entirely avoids the real issue: why did one of the wealthiest and most politically connected couples in SA feel the need to use taxpayer money to pay for their business class flights? Neither Manuel nor Maria Ramos are public representatives any more, so what makes them so much more special than other private citizens, who must pay for their own flights?..
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