MID-TERM BUDGET | R2bn to fix gutted parliamentary precinct

Finance minister Enoch Godongwana has set aside R2bn for the rebuilding of parliament over the next three years.

He announced this in the National Assembly on Wednesday when he tabled his Medium Term Budget Policy Statement .

“We are working closely with the presiding officers of parliament to restore and rebuild our parliament. Over the medium-term expenditure framework we have made allowance for approximately R2bn for rebuilding parliament.” Godongwana has also given parliament R180m to immediately finance costs to secure temporary shelter for some of its sittings as the rebuild programme was expected to take several years to complete.

The parliamentary complex was gutted by fire in January this year when an intruder, Zandile Mafe, allegedly set it on fire.

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