South Africa: Public Works Must Explain R65 Million Spent On Mansions for Ministers

press release

Minister of Public Works, Thulas Nxesi, needs to explain the expenditure of R65 million on renovations to ministerial mansions in the 2011/2012 financial year. Some of the amounts spent on renovating just one house are frankly astronomical:

  • R15 million was spent on a house in Cape Town for Rural Development Minister Gugile Nkwinti;
  • R10.67 million was spend on the overhaul of a house earmarked for use by deputy Transport Minister Lydia Chikunga; and
  • just under R5 million was spent on upgrades to a home for Agriculture Minister, Tina Joemat-Pettersson.

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