The R2.4 million spent by taxpayers on De Lille’s global jet-setting is made possible by chapter six of the Ministerial Handbook, a document for which there appears to exist no legal basis whatsoever even though it costs South Africans billions of Rands every year. The Handbook stipulates that the President approves, in writing, all international travel for Ministers and Deputy Ministers, making Ramaphosa personally responsible for this wastage.
AuthorDr Leon Schreiber MP
Dr Leon Schreiber MP is the DA (Democratic Alliance) Shadow Minister for Public Service and Administration
