Question NW1818 to the Minister of Finance

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23 August 2018 - NW1818

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Cassim, Mr Y to ask the Minister of Finance

(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 the National Treasury; (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) Yes.

(1) (a) (i) (aa), (bb) (aaa) (bbb), (cc) (aaa) (bbb). Refer to attached table.

(1) (a) (ii) (aa), (bb) (aaa) (bbb), (cc) (aaa) (bbb). Refer to attached table.

(1) (b) No

(2) Yes, the President approves Ministers’ travel abroad. Ministers are allowed to travel with their spouses. Ministers exercise their discretion in this regard.

 

(1)(a)(i)

(1)(a)(i)(aa)

Name of person

(1)(a)(i)(bb)(aaa)

Purpose

(1)(a)(i)(bb)(bbb)

Destination

(1)(a)(i)(cc)(aaa)

Total Cost

(1)(a)(i)(cc)(bbb)

Detailed breakdown

1

2013/2014

V Gordhan

Accompany Minister to the IMF/WB Spring meetings as well as USA Road Shows

Washington D.C

R161 879.63

Air travel

2

 

V Gordhan

Accompany Minister to the RMB London working visit; Innova Brics; G20 Ministers meeting and IMF/WB Annual meetings

London and Washington D.C

R115 454.00

Air travel

3

2014/2015

V Gordhan

Accompany Minister to the Harvard-African Development bank Ministerial Forum on Health Finance

Washington D.C

R140 811.25

Air travel

4

 

LN Nene

Accompany Minister to the 2014 IMF/WB Annual Meeting and the JBE&RMB Emerging Markets Investor Conference

New York; Washington D.C and London

R126 569.14

Air travel

Daily Allowance

5

2015/2016

LN Nene

Accompany Minister to the 2014 IMF/WB Spring Meetings

Washington D.C

R105 454.05

Air travel

Daily Allowance

6

 

LN Nene

Accompany Minister to the 2015 IMF/World bank Annual Meeting

Lima and Peru

R208 639.44

Air travel

Daily Allowance

Incidental Cost

7

2016/2017

V Gordhan

Accompany Minister to the 2016 IMF / WB Spring meetings

Washington D.C

R83 648.23

Air travel

8

 

V Gordhan

Accompany Minister to the UK-FT Africa Summit; SA Tomorrow Conference and 2016 IMF / WB Annual meetings

London; New York and Washington D.C

R186 309.23

Air travel

9

2017/2018

N Gigaba

Accompany Minister to the International Investor Road show

Washington D.C and New York

R145 168.72

Air travel

Daily Allowance

10

 

N Gigaba

Accompany Minister to the BRICS Conference and Central Bank Governors meeting

Shanghai

R204 041.36

Air travel

Daily Allowance

13

 

N Gigaba

Accompany Minister to the Fifth Annual South Africa Tomorrow Conference

New York

R122 773.29

Air travel

14

 

N Gigaba

Accompany Minister on the Asian Non-deal Roadshow

Tokyo; Beijing; Hong Kong & Singapore

R198 146.09

Air travel

Daily Allowance

Incidental Cost

 

(1)(a)(i)

(1)(a)(i)(aa)

Name of person

(1)(a)(i)(bb)(aaa)

Purpose

(1)(a)(i)(bb)(bbb)

Destination

(1)(a)(i)(cc)(aaa)

Total Cost

(1)(a)(i)(cc)(bbb)

Detailed breakdown

1

1 April 2018

LN Nene

Accompanying Minister to attend the 2018 IMF/WB Spring Meetings

Washington D.C

R123 427.61

Air travel

Daily allowance

Incidental Cost

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