eThekwini to spend R450 000 on dinner, breakfast Down Under
Durban – Ethekwini Mayor James Nxumalo and a delegation of six officials are expected to travel to Sydney, Australia, for a dinner and breakfast in April - at a cost of R450 000.
The municipality’s executive council decided in April last year to help host the 17th African Renaissance Festival and the dinner and breakfast would form part of this, according to a council meeting agenda.
The dinner would be co-hosted by South Africa’s High Commissioner to Australia, Sbu Ndebele, on April 11. The breakfast would be the following morning.
The delegation was expected to leave Durban on April 9 and return on April 13.
The City said the council had not yet approved the trip. Ethekwini municipality spokesperson Tozi Mthethwa said the mayor’s participation in overseas activities was based on getting advice on growing the city’s economy.