Cele spends R600 million a year on catering and accommodation
11 August 2022
Note to Editors: Please find attached soundbite by Andrew Whitfield MP.
Since Bheki Cele took office as Minister of Police, SAPS and the Ministry of Police have spent R1.58 billion on accommodation, R42.7 million on catering and R1.8 million on entertainment.
Week after week, our country bears witness to the most horrific violent crimes committed against innocent South Africans while SAPS blows its budget on ‘nice to haves’.
In a reply to a parliamentary question Minister Cele revealed that his department has spent over R1.5 billion on accommodation and R42.7 million spent on catering since March 2019. This spending comes at a time when SAPS bemoans its inability to uphold its constitutional mandate to protect the citizens of our country due to financial constraints.