Question NW1496 to the Minister in the Presidency

Masango, Ms B to ask the Minister in the Presidency

Whether (a) his Office and (b) each entity reporting to him procured any services from and/or made any payments to (i) a certain company (Bell Pottinger)) or (ii) any other public relations firms; if not, in each case, why not; if so, in each case, what (aa) services were procured, (bb) was the total cost, (cc) is the detailed breakdown of such costs, (dd) was the total amount paid, (ee) was the purpose of the payments and (ff) is the detailed breakdown of such payments?