Question NW1160 to the Minister of Communications
13 December 2019 - NW1160
Steenhuisen, Mr JH to ask the Minister of Communications
Whether her department incurred any costs related to the (a) inauguration of the President of the Republic, Mr M C Ramaphosa, held in Pretoria on 25 May 2019 and (b) State of the Nation Address held in Cape Town on 20 June 2019; if so, in each case, (i) what costs were incurred and (ii) for what reason?
Reply:
I have been advised by the departments as follows:
a) Inauguration
The Department incurred costs amounting to R34,916.97 relating to the inauguration as follows:
|
Item (i) |
Details (ii) |
Amount (iii) |
|
Accommodation |
4 Commissioners |
R7 345, 96 |
|
Accommodation |
3 Officials in the ICT workstream |
R4 820, 95 |
|
Road Transport |
4 Commissioners |
R9 094, 72 |
|
Air Transport |
2 Commissioners |
R13 655, 34 |
|
Total Costs |
R34 916, 97 |
b) State of the Nation Address
The Department incurred costs amounting to R119 540, 84 relating to the SONA as follows:
|
Item (i) |
Details (ii) |
Amount (iii) |
|
Accommodation |
Guest of the Minister |
R1 440, 00 |
|
Accommodation |
Deputy Minister’s support staff |
R11 722, 40 |
|
Accommodation |
Minister’s support staff |
R7 380, 00 |
|
Road Transport |
Minister |
R12 785, 00 |
|
Road Transport |
Deputy Minister’s support staff |
R9 378, 00 |
|
Road Transport |
Minister’s support staff |
R5 083, 00 |
|
Air Transport |
Guest of the Minister |
R13 996, 00 |
|
Air Transport |
Minister |
R10 530, 00 |
|
Air Transport |
Deputy Minister |
R14 660, 00 |
|
Air Transport |
Deputy Minister’s support staff |
R17 108, 44 |
|
Air Transport |
Minister’s support staff |
R15 458, 00 |
|
Total Costs |
R119 540, 84 |
STELLA NDABENI-ABRAHAMS
MINISTER