President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed a large executive to accommodate the parties in the GNU.
“Most people tend to focus on people when you look at the scheme of things of more than two million people employed in the public service, comparatively, it’s nothing,” the finance minister said on Wednesday.Ramaphosa previously expressed his desire to reduce the size of the executive, promising to get rid of the Public Enterprises Ministry as a start.
“On top of this, taxpayers will cover over R500 million for VIP protection and security and over R390 million for support staffing. These staggering figures do not even account for the additional costs associated with luxury residences afforded to ministers and deputy ministers,” Mashaba said in a