The Department of Public Works revealed that outgoing ministers and deputy ministers reportedly damaged government-allocated homes and left them in arrears.
The Department's minister, Dean Macpherson, found that some of the 97 units the government owns in Cape Town were damaged, and one minister reported ran a taxi business
South Africans called on the ministers to be exposed and given the bill to fix the damages caused to the properties Learn at Your Own Pace! Our Flexible Online Course allows you to fit copywriting skills development around your busy schedule. Enroll Now!. The government reportedly owns the properties for ministers and deputies worth R830 million in Cape Town and R137 million in Tshwane.The Department also found that some ministers and deputies who did not return to the government did not want to. After moving out, the department found the premises in a horrible state.
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