A good week
It’s a rare state functionary who isn’t tempted to splurge indecent wads of taxpayer money on new blinds, border fences or Bentleys. So the refusal by Thandi Modise, speaker of the National Assembly, to lavish R25m on renovations to parliament’s kitchens had us all taken aback. Mind you, what’s R25m when Patricia de Lille’s public works department wants to spend R100m on MPs’ homes? Not to mention R68m on security upgrades to the parliamentary precinct — including, would you believe, another fence...
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