Police Minister Bheki Cele outlined the departments’ fuel spending for VIP protection services over the past six years.
The South African Police Service has spent over R42 million on petrol and diesel over the past six years for its VIP Protection alone, which works out to just over R583,000 per month.
In his response, Cele noted that R34 million was spent on fuel by VIP units between 218 and 2022— with the bulk of the spending incurred by the units in Gauteng and Western Cape. Interestingly, over the same period, Mpumalanga was the second biggest spender of public funds, with its VIP vehicles spending over R1.1 million for the year.
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