The party says the premier’s office had overspent on national government prescripts for the vehicles of political officer bearers
New cars for the late King Goodwill Zwelithini's widows. Picture: SUPPLIED
The DA in KwaZulu-Natal has accused premier Sihle Zikalala of lying about the cost of vehicles for the Zulu queens, adding that his office had actually overspent on national government prescripts for them.five vehicles for the late King Goodwill Zwelithini’s wives, including one for the Queen Mother, Mavis MaZungu.
Zikalala emphasised at the time that the purchase was in line with policy that “for political office bearers you don’t buy a car that costs more than R800,000 and therefore each of the cars here are below that amount”.written parliamentary reply to the DA, the premier revealed that only one vehicle — a Toyota Fortuner — was purchased in line with national government prescripts, at a cost of Reach. However, five of the six cars — Toyota Prados — were purchased for more than R1m each .
“We expect him to be honest and tell us why he said that the six vehicles were bought for less than Reach, we expect him to be honest and admit that his office ignored the R5m budget and instead spent R5.6m,” said Mncwango. The DA said it would, in the interim, submit a parliamentary question to the Treasury to establish if it had approved the amount spent. The DA expects the premier to explain his actions to the people of KwaZulu-Natal. If — as he claims — he is committed to transparency, then he must step up and do the right thing in the spirit of good governance and accountability and not try to run away from the issue,” added Mncwango.
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