Opposition party, the Democratic Alliance, wants to mobilise civil society groups to march on government ministers’ private residences if president Cyril Ramaphosa does not scrap the controversial ministerial handbook.
Opposition party, the Democratic Alliance , wants to mobilise civil society groups to march on government ministers’ private residences if president Cyril Ramaphosa does not scrap the controversial ministerial handbook.
Reports over the last two weeks have highlighted other luxuries and perks afforded to ministers by the ministerial handbook, including free water and electricity – paid for by taxpayers – access to a host of aides, and the freedom to purchase luxury vehicles up to R800,000. “These are the same people who have mismanaged the power utility to the ground over the past sixteen years, and this has seen consumers being subjected to continuous double-digit and above-inflation electricity tariff hikes. This is the very same executive that has mismanaged the water crises in South Africa, leading to water shedding and water restrictions.”
, telling SAfm that ministers’ positions were ‘insecure’ and that they could lose their job at any moment.
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