More than R40 million spent on luxury cars for Ministers
After submitting a range of parliamentary questions across all governmental departments, the DA can reveal that the government has spent a total of R 41 960 075.91 on the procurement of luxury vehicles for Ministers and their Deputies between 2014 and 2017.
It is revealing that these ANC Ministers continue to spend such outrageous amounts of public money on luxury vehicles, when millions of unemployed South Africans struggle to put food on the table.
Minister of Finance, Pravin Gordhan, has been calling on austerity measures in government spending since 2013. It seems that his colleagues are simply refusing to listen.
The worst offender is the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform, which splurged an astounding R 5 505 351,65 on cars for Minister Gugile Nkwinti and his deputies.
This is money that could have been better spent on supporting emerging black farmers, who are in desperate need for financial assistance from the government.