More than 43 current and former ministers owe the state R1.3million in outstanding rental payments for state-subsidised houses. TheCapeArgus
Cape Town - More than Public Works Minister Patricia de Lille has revealed this in a written response to a parliamentary question. “The Department of Public Works and Infrastructure has informed me there are 43 ministers, who are past and returning members, who are currently in arrears with their payments.
“Letters for payment arrangements, with statements, were sent to them. Some have instituted stop order payment and we are following up on others. “If arrangements are not made and payments have not been received, the accounts will be handed over to the state attorney for debt collection,” De Lille said in her reply
DA shadow minister of public works, Samantha Graham, had questioned De Lille on the number of ministers in Parliament who were currently in arrears with rental payments on their ministerial houses.
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