NATIONAL ASSEMBLY

QUESTION 1924 Written reply 26 July 2010

1924. Mr M H Steele (DA) to ask the Minister of Public Works:

Whether his department has taken any steps to recover outstanding rentals owed by former (a) Ministers, (b) Deputy Ministers and (c) Deputy Speaker (details furnished) of state-owned properties; if not, why not; if so, (i) what action has been taken in each respective case and (ii) what success rate have been achieved in each case?NW2312E

Furnished Details: A collective amount of R 201 383.16

Reply

1. The Department has sent numerous correspondence to (a) former Ministers, (b) former Deputy Ministers and (c) ex Deputy Speaker of Parliament regarding their rental settlement. After receiving no response, the Department has referred the cases of non payment to its Legal Services unit with a view of handing the cases to the office of the State Attorney.

2. One former Minister and Deputy Minister have settled their accounts in full.

Issued by Parliament, August 24 2010

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