Question NW1841 to the Minister of Transport
14 June 2018 - NW1841
Lorimer, Mr JR to ask the Minister of Transport
(1)Whether (a) his spouse and/or (b) an adult family member accompanied him on any official international trip (i) in each of the past five financial years and (ii) since 1 April 2018; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what (aa) is the name of the person(s), (bb) was the (aaa) purpose and (bbb) destination of the trip and (cc) was the (aaa) total cost and (bbb) detailed breakdown of the costs of the accompanying person(s) to his department; (2) whether each of the specified trips were approved by the President in terms of the provisions of Section 1, Annexure A of the Ministerial Handbook; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
Reply:
1. (a) and / or (b)
(i) Financial Year: 2013/2014
Minister Benedict Anthony Martins (April – August 2013)
- None
- None
Minister Elizabeth Peters (September 2013 – March 2014)
- None
- None
Financial Year: 2014/2015
Minister Elizabeth Peters (April 2014 –March 2015)
- None
- None
Financial Year: 2015/2016
Minister Elizabeth Peters (April 2015 – March 2016)
- None
- None
Financial Year: 2016/2017
Minister Elizabeth Peters (April 2016 – February 2017)
- None
- None
Minister Joseph Mkhacani Maswanganyi (February – March 2017)
(a) None
(b) None
Financial Year 2017/2018
Minister Joseph Mkhacani Maswanganyi (April 2017 – February 2018)
- None
- None
Minister Blade Nzimande (end of February – March 2018)
- None
- None
(ii) April 2018
(a) None
(b) None
(aa) Not applicable
(bb)
(aaa) Not applicable
(bbb) Not applicable
(cc)
(aaa) Not applicable
(bbb) Not applicable
2. Not applicable