President Cyril Ramaphosa told Parliament that he withdrew the Ministerial Handbook, in which ministers and their deputies would not pay for their water and electricity because he wanted the matter to be “properly processed”
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Previously, there was a limit of R5 000 on the amount that Cabinet members could claim for water and power, but this limit was scrapped in April.The revision to the Ministerial Handbook that came into effect on April 13 said that “the department responsible for public works shall be responsible for the costs associated with the provision of water and electricity to official residences”.
“And I'm glad that you feel that non-payment is unacceptable because I don't need to tell you how the public feels about the outrageous attempts by [the] government to expand the Ministerial Handbook to grant even more free perks to extremely well-paid ministers of your Cabinet.
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