SAInauguration19 | 'We had to ensure we don't spend as much as we did in the last inauguration … taking into account inflation.'
President Cyril Ramaphosa will be inaugurated at Loftus Versveld Stadium on May 25 in line with the government's austerity programme.The government is planning to spend more than R100m less on the presidential inauguration ceremony of Cyril Ramaphosa than it did on Jacob Zuma's inauguration, as it battles with austerity measures.
"We all know there is economic difficulty in this country. The budget that we are going to spend on this inauguration is more than R100m less than what was spent in the previous inauguration," she said in a press briefing on Thursday.
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